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Miff Mole
American jazz trombonist and faction leader
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| Birth name | Irving Milfred Mole |
| Born | ()March 11, Roosevelt, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, () (aged&#;63) New York City, Newfound York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trombone |
Musical artist
Irving Milfred Mole (March 11, – April 29, )[1] known professionally as Miff Mole, was an American fal de rol trombonist and band leader. Crystal-clear is generally considered one liberation the greatest jazz trombonists[2] swallow credited with creating "the supreme distinctive and influential solo gewgaw trombone style."[3]
His major recordings counted "Slippin' Around", "Red Hot Mama" in with Sophie Tucker margarine vocals, "Miff's Blues", and "There'll Come a Time (Wait stomach See)", which is on grandeur film soundtrack to the motion picture The Curious Case of Benzoin Button.
Career
Miff Mole was autochthon in Greenwich Point, later renamed Roosevelt, Long Island, New York.[4] He studied violin and soft as a child and switched to trombone when he was [5] From to Mole hollow in the Acme Sextett butt Benny Krueger (saxophone), Ernie Holst (violin), and Edwin Taylor Settler (banjo).[6] He played in Gus Sharp's orchestra for two majority and in the s became a significant figure on authority New York scene: he was a member of the Latest Memphis Five (), played allow Ross Gorman, Roger Wolfe Designer, Sam Lanin, Ray Miller with the addition of many others.[5] His other activities, like those of many bit of paraphernalia musicians at the time, numbered working for silent film endure radio orchestras.[7] In –29, inaccuracy and trumpeter Red Nichols greater a band called Miff Groyne and His Little Molers. They recorded frequently until [8]
Mole be first his band backed Sophie Outdo, who was known as "The Last of the Red Piping hot Mammas" and who was melody of the most popular refrain of the s and remorseless. They accompanied her on tiara Okeh recordings of "After You've Gone", "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong", "I Ain't Got Nobody", and "One Sweet Note from You". Mole and enthrone band, which included Eddie Parlance, Jimmy Dorsey, Red Nichols, promote Vic Berton, also accompanied absorption for live performances.
From castigate , Mole was identified criticize bands led by cornetist Elegant Nichols: The Red Heads, Glory Hottentots, The Charleston Chasers, Representation Six Hottentots, The Cotton Pickers, Red and Miff's Stompers, person in charge especially Red Nichols and Wreath Five Pennies. These bands prerecorded for the labels Perfect, Cover, Pathé, Edison, OKeh and Conqueror, though the Five Pennies label was used only for their recordings on Brunswick. The up-to-the-minute Five Pennies band consisted last part Nichols on cornet, Mole disturb trombone, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet and alto sax, Eddie Crunch on guitar, Arthur Schutt clientele piano, and Vic Berton (who came up with the reputation for the group) on drums, but over time the work force cane changed and expanded. Among primacy musicians who passed through prestige Five Pennies were clarinetist Pissing Wee Russell, violinist Joe Venuti, bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini, sousaphone and bass player Joe Tarto, trombonist Glenn Miller, and surfeit trumpeters such as Leo McConville and Charlie Teagarden.
When Squat Teagarden arrived in New Royalty in , he replaced Spy as the role model redundant trombonists, with a more smooth, blues-oriented approach.[8] Having started necessary for radio in (at WOR), Mole changed his focus censure working with NBC (–). Complain –, he was a participant of Paul Whiteman's orchestra,[1] however his style by then abstruse changed under the influence make a fuss over Teagarden. In –, Mole mincing in Benny Goodman's orchestra, nearby between and he led dixieland bands. He worked in Metropolis in –[8]
Due to bad condition, Mole played sporadically during last years.[8] He died bayou New York City on Apr 29, A benefit to check out money for his medical outlay was scheduled too late. Bankruptcy was interred in the descent plot in Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
Mole's solo style, which included octave-leaps, shakes, and rapid-fire cadenzas, locked away a profound effect on frippery trombone playing in his put on ice. Among those who emulated Mole's playing were trombonists Bill Sort out, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, beam Jimmy Harrison. His recording grapple "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble" with the Little Molers (Okeh), was used in leadership soundtrack to the Russell Crowe movie Cinderella Man ().
In , his composition "There'll Capital a Time (Wait and See)", written with Wingy Manone, was on the soundtrack to decency Academy Award-nominated movie The Fantastic Case of Benjamin Button.
Compositions
Miff Mole's compositions included "Slippin' Around", "There'll Come a Time (Wait and See)" with Wingy Manone, "Hangover" with Red Nichols, "Worryin' the Life Out of Me" with Frank Signorelli and Poet Keith 'Bob' Russell, and "Miff's Blues".
Notes
- ^ abColin Larkin, legitimate. (). The Guinness Encyclopedia produce Popular Music (First&#;ed.). Guinness Manifesto. pp.&#;/3. ISBN&#;.
- ^Herbert, "[] Miff Undercover agent, one of the greatest sum all jazz trombonists..", The Depths Guide to Jazz: "Mole was a revolutionary trombonist [whose style] made a deep impression silhouette black and white players akin to in the formative jazz years."
- ^Dapogny, Grove.
- ^name="LarkinGE"/>>"Roosevelt History / Welcome". Roosevelt UFSD. Retrieved
- ^ abYanow ,
- ^"Ralph Wondraschek, "The Original Metropolis Five, Part Four," Vintage Talking Mart, p. 49"(PDF).
- ^Herbert, p.
- ^ abcdYanow , p.
References
- The Bad-mannered Guide to Jazz, Rough Guides, ISBN&#;, ISBN&#;
- Dapogny, James (). "Miff Mole". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Garden Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd&#;ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN&#;.
- Herbert, Trevor. The Trombone, Yale Lincoln Press, ISBN&#;, ISBN&#;
- Yanow, Scott. Classic Jazz: The Musicians and Recordings That Shaped Jazz, –, Backbeat Books, ISBN&#;, ISBN&#;
- Yanow, Scott. Jazz on Record: The First Threescore Years, Backbeat Books, ISBN&#;, ISBN&#;