After this musician’s death in 1935, many members of his band joined the newly formed Count Basie Orchestra. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this bandleader. This bandleader composed a contrafact of “You’re Driving Me Crazy” which later came to be known as this bandleader’s “Swing” after Count Basie performed and popularized it in 1940.
ANSWER: Bennie Moten [accept “Moten Swing”]
[10e] Moten and Basie both played this instrument. “C Jam Blues” and “Mood Indigo” were written by Duke Ellington, a bandleader who played this instrument.
ANSWER: piano
[10m] Moten’s orchestra was from this city, from which Basie moved to New York. At one of this city’s jam sessions, Joe Jones dropped a cymbal at the feet of the composer of “Blues for Alice” and “Donna Lee.”
ANSWER: Kansas City [accept Kansas City, Missouri; accept Kansas City, Kansas]
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