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Benny Moten
jazz bassist
- From
- New York, United States
- Active
- 1916–1977
- Releases
- 0
- jazz
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Benny Moten (November 30, 1916 – March 27, 1977) was an American jazz bassist.
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Moten had a long career as a sideman from the early 1940s, including with Hot Lips Page, Jerry Jerome, Red Allen (1942–49, 1955–65 intermittently), Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Arnett Cobb, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilbur De Paris (1956–57), Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Dakota Staton (1961–63). Though he never recorded as a leader, he continued performing nearly until the time of his death.
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Clarence Lemont Moten · Clarence Moten
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- a930da4e-c5ee-4521-8222-d4d233fdcefe
- ISNI
- 0000000008810105
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