Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:jazz_music
gptkbp:active_years 1923-1935
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Kansas_City_jazz
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Billie_Holiday
gptkb:Coleman_Hawkins
gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Ben_Webster
gptkb:Lester_Young
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced later jazz musicians
pioneered the big band format
contributed to the Harlem Renaissance
established Kansas City as a jazz hub
helped popularize swing music
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1935
gptkbp:famous_for arrangements of jazz standards
gptkbp:founded 1923
gptkbp:genre gptkb:jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
gptkbp:influenced big band music
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Fletcher_Henderson
gptkbp:legacy influenced the development of jazz in the 1930s
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri
gptkbp:notable_event Moten's death in 1935 led to the disbandment
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Count_Basie
gptkb:Walter_Page
gptkb:Benny_Moten
gptkb:Jo_Jones
gptkbp:notable_performance gptkb:The_Blue_Note
gptkb:The_Palace_Theater
gptkb:The_Apollo_Theater
gptkb:The_Cotton_Club
gptkb:The_Savoy_Ballroom
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:South_Rampart_Street_Parade
gptkb:The_Joint_Is_Jumpin'
gptkb:Moten_Swing
gptkb:Topsy
gptkb:Kansas_City_Stomp
gptkbp:performed_at gptkb:The_Blackhawk
gptkb:The_Sunset
gptkbp:record_label Victor Records
gptkbp:style gptkb:swing
gptkb:Kansas_City_style_jazz
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Count_Basie_Orchestra
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Complete_Benny_Moten
gptkb:Benny_Moten
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6