Career
Moten had a long career as a sideman from the early 1940s, including with Hot Lips Page, Jerry Jerome, Red Allen (1942-1949, 1955-1965 intermittently), Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Arnett Cobb, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilbur De Paris (1956-1957), Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Dakota Staton (1961-1963). Though he never recorded as a leader, he continued performing nearly up until the time of his death.