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Benton E. "Benny" Peyton (July 20, 1888; January 24, 1965) was an American
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drummer. Peyton went with
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to Europe in 1919 and remained there, forming his own group in London, the Jazz Kings, out of members of Cook's orchestra. The group recorded two sides for
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in 1920 which were never issued; they also held a residence at the
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in 1921. Peyton led his own band (Benny Peyton’s Musical Aces) across Europe well into the 1930s, with June Cole, Big Boy Goudie and Tommy Ladnier among his sidemen. He toured the
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with
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and Frank Withers ''(né'' Frank Douglas Withers; 1880–1952), and in 1935 played with Joe Turner and
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in
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. In 1939 Peyton moved back to
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, where he became active as an AFM union member. He continued playing professionally into the 1950s.


References

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, Benny Peytonat
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*"Benny Peyton". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''.


External links


Howard Rye, "The Jazz Kings and Other Spin-Off Groups"
''Black Music Research Journal'', Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2010, pp. 85–92 , 10.1353/bmr.2010.0001 American jazz drummers American jazz bandleaders 1965 deaths Year of birth uncertain American male drummers 1888 births Drummers from Washington, D.C. {{US-jazz-drummer-stub