[2] In 1944, the Buster Bennett Trio featured Arrington Thornton on piano and Duke Groner on bass.
[2] Other lineups led by Bennett included Wild Bill Davis, Israel Crosby, and Pee Wee Jackson.
In early 1946, while under contract to Columbia, Bennett appeared, under the name of his trumpet player, Charles Gray, on a recording for the short-lived Chicago label Rhumboogie.
At the height of his popularity, in the late 1940s, he was known for his ability to draw customers into a South Side club—and for his cantankerous personality.
On one occasion, he and Preston Jackson got into a fistfight at the Musicians Union hall, over a $2 debt.