“Ding Dong Blues” – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (1927)

Another of the many excellent sides recorded by the Kansas City-based Bennie Moten orchestra on the Victor label.

This is the B-side to “Pass Out Lightly” – which I also enjoyed so much that I had to post both sides.

Side A: “Pass Out Lightly”
https://youtu.be/nVWptpf4Dv0

This piece has some excellent solos, as well as an intriguing and lively hummed vocalization section that appears at the 1:55 mark – accompanied by what sounds like a kazoo or perhaps a paper and comb.

Recorded in Chicago, Illinois on June 12, 1927.
Released as Victor 21199.

Credits
Bennie Moten – piano, director
Ed Lewis, Paul Webster – cornet
Thamon Hayes – trombone
Harlan Leonard – clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
Jack Washington – clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax
Woody Walder – clarinet, tenor sax
LaForest Dent – alto sax, tenor sax
Leroy Berry – banjo
Vernon Page – tuba
Willie McWashington – drums