The Mooche

"The Mooche"
Song
Language English
Composer(s) Duke Ellington and Irving Mills

"The Mooche" is an American jazz song, composed in 1928 by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills.[1] The song is in the so-called "jungle style" and includes the clarinet and muted trumpet typical of Ellington's work.[2] James "Bubber" Miley was among the musicians that recorded the original version of the song.[3] The song is played in C minor.

In 1933 Ellington explained that the title referred to 'a certain lazy gait peculiar to some of the folk of Harlem'.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Berger, David (transcription). The Mooche. Jazz at Lincoln Center Library - Essentially Ellington. 2007, EMI Mills Music, Inc.
  2. ↑ Crouch, Stanley. The Late Show: Why Duke Ellington's late work deserves our attention. January 12, 2005, Slate.com
  3. ↑ Gioia, Ted (reviewer). Duke Ellington (Featuring Bubber Miley): The Mooche. 2007, jazz.com
  4. ↑ Duke Ellington, 'My Hunt for Song Titles', Rhythm, August 1933, pp. 22–3, quoted in Mark Tucker (ed.), The Duke Ellington Reader (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 88.
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