Benny More (1919-63)

[Larry Kart]

Anyone here hip to this Cuban singer-bandleader?

 

P.S. accent grave on the final "e" -- thus probably pronounced "Mo-ray."

[mikeweil]

He had real charisma.

[JSngry]

Known and admired him for decades.

He's a legend, actually.

[JSngry]

Probably not what he's "best-known" for, but the sides he cut with Perez Prado (late 1940s?) are really something. Prado went all-in on the Kenton influence, and More was more than up for it.

[Teasing the Korean]

That's Beny, with one "N."

He loved ron a little too much.  As a ron drinker myself, I can relate.

Here is his money cut.  It doesn't get any better than this, trust me.  I dragged home many, many dollar Beny More albums from the flea market, back when you could find this kind of stuff for a buck a throw.

 

Edited May 10, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[JSngry]

Don't spend it all in one place!

 

[Teasing the Korean]

5 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Don't spend it all in one place!

At 50 cents or a buck a throw, there's plenty to go around!

Yes, that is a gem also!

Edited May 10, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[JSngry]

Moving this to Artists since there no "In Print" relevance to the topic as posted.

2 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

At 50 cents or a buck a throw, there's plenty to go around!

And there's ample CD-equivalents to be found as well!

Prado soon enough and willingly enough became a self-parody, but his earliest RCA sides (recorded in Mexico City as I understand) were something else. Fearless, one might say, perhaps.

[Teasing the Korean]

4 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Prado soon enough and willingly enough became a self-parody, but his earliest RCA sides (recorded in Mexico City as I understand) were something else. Fearless, one might say, perhaps.

Agreed.  He could still deliver the goods afterwards, but you really have to hunt for the money cuts on those records.  The early ones were jazzier, more consistent, and less focused on giving the first trumpet a hernia.  

[JSngry]

That Havana 3 AM record had an insane trumpet section, iirc, Maynard Ferguson AND Conrad Gozzo and I forget who else. AND it's basically kitsch-free. But it is DEFINITELY as loud as fuck.

[Teasing the Korean]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

That Havana 3 AM record had an insane trumpet section, iirc, Maynard Ferguson AND Conrad Gozzo and I forget who else. AND it's basically kitsch-free. But it is DEFINITELY as loud as fuck.

Havana 3 AM was his classic.  At one time, it was in every thrift store, along with Whipped Cream and Other Delights and Merry Christmas from Firestone Tires.  

[Bluesnik]

On 5/10/2022 at 7:38 PM, Larry Kart said:

P.S. accent grave on the final "e" -- thus probably pronounced "Mo-ray."

Yes, I had always seen it written Moré. So I assumed it was like this. And incidentally, he died the year I was born.

[mikeweil]

58 minutes ago, Bluesnik said:

Yes, I had always seen it written Moré. So I assumed it was like this. 

Of course it is!

[Teasing the Korean]

On 5/10/2022 at 1:38 PM, Larry Kart said:

P.S. accent grave on the final "e" -- thus probably pronounced "Mo-ray."

Did you ever hear the album he did with the Holy Modal Rounders?

[Bluesnik]

49 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Did you ever hear the album he did with the Holy Modal Rounders?

No, never heard that one. But I'll seek it out.

[Steve Gray]

He's cool