tracks

Justrite
Slow Motion
Tough Breaks
It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile
Sad Man Blues
Kansas City Breakdown
Trouble In Mind
Trouble In Mind
Hot Water Blues
Get Low Down
She's No Trouble
South
Terrific Stomp
Let's Get It
Kansas City Squabble
Rite Tite
Moten's Blues
That's What I'm Talking About
That Certain Motion
It Won't Be Long
When Life Seems So Blue
Loose Like A Goose
Just Say It's Me
Now Goofy Dust Rag

notes

Recording date, location, matrix, catalog number:
1. September 6, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42924-3, Victor test
2. September 6, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42926-3, Victor V-38012
3. September 6, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42927-1, Victor V-38037
4. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42925-4 Victor V-38037
5. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42928-2, Victor V-38048
6. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42929-1, Victor 21693
7. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42930-1, Victor 21739
8. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42930-2, Victor test
9. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42931-2, Victor V-38012
10. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42933-1, Victor 21693
11. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42934-1, Victor V-38021
12. September 7, 1928, Camden, New Jersey, 42935-1, Victor V-38021
13. July 16, 1929, Chicago, 55420-1, Victor V-38081
14. July 16, 1929, Chicago, 55421-3, Victor V-38072
15. July 16, 1929, Chicago, 55422-2, Victor V-3809
16. July 17, 1929, Chicago, 55423-1, Victor V-38104
17. July 17, 1929, Chicago, 55424-2, Victor V-38072
18. July 17, 1929, Chicago, 55425-1, Victor V-38081
19. July 17, 1929, Chicago, 55426-1, Victor V-38104
20. July 17, 1929, Chicago, 55427-3, Victor V-38123
21. July 18, 1929, Chicago, 42932-4, Victor V-38132
22. July 18, 1929, Chicago, 55428-2, Victor V-38123
23. July 18, 1929, Chicago, 55429-1, Victor V-38132
24. July 18, 1929, Chicago, 55430-1, Victor V-38091

An alternate version (possibly take #2) of "Tough Breaks" was omitted from this CD. That information was taken from the Cygnet Records CD, CYG 1004, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - The OKeh Sessions Plus Victor Alternate Takes (1923-1930), which includes the alternate version.

credits

Accordion [piano accordion], Piano [2nd p.] – Ira Buster Moten, (tracks: 13 to 24)
Alto Saxophone – Jack Washington (tracks: 1 to 21, 24)
Banjo – Leroy Berry (tracks: 1 to 21, 24)
Baritone Saxophone – Jack Washington (tracks: 1 to 21, 23, 24), Jack Washington (tracks: 23)
Brass Bass – Vernon Page (tracks: 1 to 21, 23, 24)
Clarinet – Woody Walder
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Harlan Leonard (tracks: 1 to 21, 24)
Cornet – Booker Washington (tracks: 1 to 21, 24), Ed Lewis (tracks: 1 to 21, 24)
Drums – Willie McWashington
Liner Notes – John Capes
Piano, Directed By – Bennie Moten
Producer – David French (4)
Remastered By – John R. T. Davies
Tenor Saxophone – Woody Walder (tracks: 1 to 21, 24)
Trombone – Thamon Hayes (tracks: 1 to 21, 24)
Trumpet – Unknown Artist (tracks: 23)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – David French (4)
Copyright (c) – David French (4)

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