Bennie Moten - The Chronological Classics, 3 Albums

Tracks:

Bennie Moten - 1923-1927

01 - Elephant's Wobble (Moten) - 3:09
02 - Crawdad Blues (Moten) - 2:51
03 - South (Hayes, Moten) - 2:46
04 - Vine Street Blues (Moten) - 3:02
05 - Tulsa Blues (Moten) - 2:51
06 - Goofy Dust (Moten) - 2:40
07 - Baby Dear (Hayes, Moten) - 2:54
08 - She's Sweeter Than Sugar (Hayes, Moten) - 2:33
09 - South Street Blues (Moten) - 2:45
10 - Sister Honky Tonk (Hayes, Moten) - 2:38
11 - As I Like It (Hayes, Moten) - 2:52
12 - Things Seem So Blue to Me (Hayes, Moten) - 3:12
13 - 18th Street Strut (Costello, Moten) - 3:00
14 - Kater Street Rag (Moten) - 2:34
15 - Thick Lip Stomp (Moten) - 2:51
16 - Harmony Blues (Moten) - 3:33
17 - Kansas City Shuffle (Moten) - 2:50
18 - Yazoo Blues (Moten) - 2:45
19 - White Lightnin' Blues (Moten) - 3:34
20 - Muscle Shoals Blues (Thomas) - 3:24
21 - Midnight Mama (Moten) - 2:59
22 - Missouri Wobble (Moten) - 3:08
23 - Sugar (Alexander, Mitchell, Pinkard) - 2:49
24 - Dear Heart (Dent) - 3:11

Leroy Berry - Banjo
Laforest Dent - Banjo, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Willie Hall - Drums
Thamon Hayes - Trombone, Vocals
Harlan Leonard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
Ed Lewis - Clarinet, Cornet
Willie McWashington - Drums
Bennie Moten & the Kansas City Orchestra - Performer
Bennie Moten - Piano, Director
Vernon Page - Tuba, Brass Band
Sam Tall - Banjo
Woodie Walder - Clarinet, Keyboards, Sax (Tenor), Effects
Jack Washington - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
Paul Webster - Clarinet, Cornet
Lammar Wright, Sr. - Cello, Cornet

Bennie Moten - 1927-1929

01 - The New Tulsa Blues (Moten) - 3:03
02 - Baby Dear (Hayes, Moten) - 3:01
03 - Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman) - 3:19
04 - Pass Out Lightly (There Ain't Nothin' to It) (Washington) - 3:05
05 - Ding-Dong Blues (Moten, Staton) - 3:05
06 - Moten Stomp (Hayes, Moten) - 2:56
07 - Justrite (Moten) - 2:40
08 - Slow Motion (Moten) - 2:36
09 - Tough Breaks (Leonard, Moten) - 2:51
10 - It's Hard to Laugh or Smile (Moten) - 2:41
11 - Sad Man Blues (Moten) - 3:17
12 - Kansas City Breakdown (Moten, Walder) - 2:53
13 - Trouble in Mind (Jones) - 3:06
14 - Hot Water Blues (Moten) - 2:30
15 - Get Low-Down Blues (Moten) - 2:56
16 - She's No Trouble (Sweetheart) (Hayes) - 3:19
17 - South (Moten, Washington) - 2:30
18 - Terrific Stomp (Moten, Washington) - 2:40
19 - Let's Get It (Moten) - 3:15
20 - Kansas City Squabble (Moten) - 2:50
21 - Rite Tite (Clemmons, Moten) - 2:50
22 - Moten's Blues (Moten) - 3:04
23 - That's What I'm Talking About (Moten, Walder) - 3:04

Leroy Berry - Banjo
Laforest Dent - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Thamon Hayes - Trombone, Vocals
Harlan Leonard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
Ed Lewis - Cornet, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Willie McWashington - Drums
Bennie Moten - Piano, Director, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Buster Moten - Piano, Piano-Accordian
Vernon Page - Bowed Bass
Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes
James Taylor - Vocals
Woodie Walder - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Booker T. Washington - Cornet
Jack Washington - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
Paul Webster - Cornet

Bennie Moten - 1930-1932

01 - The Count (Gordon) - 3:10
02 - Liza Lee (Green, Stept) - 3:01
03 - Get Goin' (Get Ready to Love) (Rich, Seymour) - 3:00
04 - Professor Hot Stuff (Basie, Durham, Moten) - 3:21
05 - When I'm Alone (Moten, Rushing) - 3:15
06 - New Moten Stomp (Moten) - 2:52
07 - As Long as I Love You (Moten, Wood) - 3:07
08 - Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) - 3:02
09 - Now That I Need You (Basie, Moten, Smith) - 3:00
10 - Bouncin' Round (Moten) - 3:08
11 - Ya Got Love (Goodhart, Hoffman, Nelson) - 3:14
12 - I Wanna Be Around My Baby All the Time (Meyer, Young) - 2:55
13 - Toby (Barefield, Moten) - 3:24
14 - Moten Swing (Moten) - 3:18
15 - The Blue Room (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:18
16 - Imagination (Russell) - 3:25
17 - New Orleans (Carmichael) - 2:59
18 - The Only Girl I Ever Loved (Ziegler) - 3:10
19 - Milenberg Joys (Melrose, Morton) - 2:45
20 - Lafayette (Basie, Durham) - 2:45
21 - Prince of Wails (Schoebel) - 2:49
22 - Two Times (Saubert) - 3:07

Count Basie - Piano, Vocals, Performer
Leroy Berry - Banjo
Eddie Durham - Guitar, Trombone, Arranger
Thamon Hayes - Trombone
Joe Keyes - Trumpet
Harlan Leonard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
Ed Lewis - Trumpet
Willie McWashington - Drums
Dan Minor - Trombone
Bennie Moten - Piano, Director
Buster Moten - Piano
Hot Lips Page - Trumpet
Vernon Page - Bowed Bass
Jimmy Rushing - Vocals, Performer
Sterling Russell - Vocals
Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes
Dee Stewart - Trumpet
Hamilton Stewart - Vocals
Woodie Walder - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Booker T. Washington - Trumpet
Jack Washington - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
Ben Webster - Sax (Tenor)