Benny Moten
Benny Moten was an American jazz bassist.
Moten had a long career as a sideman from the early 1940s, including with Hot Lips Page, Jerry Jerome, Red Allen, Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Arnett Cobb, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilbur [De Paris], Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Dakota Staton. Though he never recorded as a leader, he continued performing nearly until the time of his death.
Discography
As sideman
- Red Allen, Feeling Good
- Ruth Brown, Ruth Brown
- Ruth Brown, Miss Rhythm
- Wilbur [de Paris], Wilbur de Paris at Symphony Hall
- Wilbur de Paris & Jimmy Witherspoon, Wilbur de Paris Plays & Jimmy Witherspoon Sings New Orleans Blues
- Wilbur de Paris, Plays Cole Porter
- Roy Eldridge, Swingin' on the Town
- Rex Stewart, ''The [Happy Jazz of Rex Stewart]''