His Best Recordings 1923-1932

Original Release Date:  November 19, 1996

Track Listing

• 1. Crawdad Blues
• 2. Kater Street Rag
• 3. Thick Lip Stomp
• 4. Harmony Blues
• 5. Midnight Mama
• 6. Sugar
• 7. Justrite
• 8. Tough Breaks
• 9. Kansas City Breakdown
• 10. South
• 11. The Jones Law Blues
• 12. Small Black
• 13. Liza Lee
• 14. Professor Hot Stuff
• 15. New Moten Stomp
• 16. Bouncin' Round
• 17. Ya Got Love
• 18. Toby
• 19. Moten Swing
• 20. New Orleans
• 21. Lafayette
• 22. Prince of Wails

Credits

• Count Basie: Piano
• Bennie Moten: Piano, Director, Leader
• Jimmy Rushing: Vocals
• Ben Webster: Sax (Tenor)
• Eddie Barefield: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Harlan Leonard: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Preston Love: Title Selection
• Walter Page: Bass (Upright)
• Leroy Berry: Banjo, Guitar
• Harold Cooper: Clarinet
• Eddie Durham: Guitar, Trombone, Arranger
• Willie Hall: Drums
• Thamon Hayes: Trombone
• Joe Keyes: Trumpet
• Willie McWashington: Drums
• Dan Minor: Trombone
• Buster Moten: Piano, Accordion, Director
• Hot Lips Page: Trumpet
• Vernon Page: Tuba, Bowed Bass, Bass (Upright)
• Dee Stewart: Trumpet
• Woodie Walder: Clarinet, Kazoo, Sax (Tenor)
• Jack Washington: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Paul Webster: Clarinet, Cornet
• Laforest Dent: Banjo, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Bennie Moten & the Kansas City Orchestra: Performer
• Duncan P. Schiedt: Title Selection
• Lamar Wright: Clarinet, Cornet
• Ed Lewis: Clarinet, Trumpet, Cornet
• Jerry Valburn: Title Selection
• Graham Colombe: Liner Notes
• Kurt Mohr: Title Selection
• Sam Tall: Banjo
• Gilles Pétard: Reissue Producer
• Johnny Simmen: Title Selection
• Maceo Pinkard: Composer
• Sidney Mitchell: Composer
• Edna Alexander: Composer
• Booker T. Washington: Clarinet, Trumpet, Cornet