Miff Mole
Irving Milfred Mole (March 11, 1898 – April 29, 1961) known professionally as Miff Mole, was an American jazz trombonist and band leader. He is generally considered one of the greatest jazz trombonists and credited with creating "the first distinctive and influential solo jazz trombone style." His major recordings included "Slippin' Around", "Red Hot Mama" in 1924 with Sophie Tucker on vocals, "Miff's Blues", and "There'll Come a Time (Wait and See)", which is on the film soundtrack to the 2008 movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 11, 1898 (Roosevelt), Died April 29, 1961 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1944
Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone, leader, songwriter, composer
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-37768 | 10-in. | 2/11/1927 | Delirium | Red and Miff's Stompers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-37769 | 10-in. | 2/11/1927 | Davenport blues | Red and Miff's Stompers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-40168 | 10-in. | 10/12/1927 | Slippin' around | Red and Miff's Stompers | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-40169 | 10-in. | 10/12/1927 | Feeling no pain | Red and Miff's Stompers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Columbia | W141559 | 10-in. | 1/26/1926 | Oh, how I've waited for you | Donald Lindley ; Miff Mole ; Arthur Schutt | Trumpet, trombone, and piano | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Columbia | W141560 | 10-in. | 1/26/1926 | Fallen arches | Donald Lindley ; Miff Mole ; Arthur Schutt | Trumpet, trombone, and piano | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W80338 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Alexander's ragtime band | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W80339 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Some sweet day | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W80340 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Hurricane | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W80501 | 10-in. | 3/7/1927 | Davenport blues | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W80502 | 10-in. | 3/7/1927 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W80503 | 10-in. | 3/7/1927 | A hot time in the old town | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W81296 | 10-in. | 8/30/1927 | Imagination | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W81297 | 10-in. | 8/30/1927 | Feelin' no pain | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, leader | |
| OKeh | W81298 | 10-in. | 8/30/1927 | Original Dixieland one-step | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, leader | |
| OKeh | W81413 | 10-in. | 9/1/1927 | My gal Sal | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W81414 | 10-in. | 9/1/1927 | Honolulu blues | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W81415 | 10-in. | 9/1/1927 | The new twister | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W400003 | 10-in. | 1/9/1928 | There'll come a time (Wait and see) | Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W400849 | 10-in. | 7/6/1928 | One step to heaven | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, leader | |
| OKeh | W400850 | 10-in. | 7/6/1928 | Shim-me-sha-wabble | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W400895 | 10-in. | 7/27/1928 | Crazy rhythm | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W400896 | 10-in. | 7/27/1928 | You took advantage of me | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W401394 | 10-in. | 11/26/1928 | You're the cream in my coffee | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, leader | |
| OKeh | W401395 | 10-in. | 11/26/1928 | Wild Oat Joe | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, leader | |
| OKeh | W401815 | 10-in. | 4/19/1929 | I've got a feeling I'm falling | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W401816 | 10-in. | 4/19/1929 | That's a plenty | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W402529 | 10-in. | 7/12/1929 | Birmingham Bertha | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W402530 | 10-in. | 7/12/1929 | Moanin' low | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W402986 | 10-in. | 9/24/1929 | You made me love you | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W402987 | 10-in. | 9/24/1929 | After you've gone | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W403740 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | Navy blues | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W403741 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | Lucky little devil | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| OKeh | W490036 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | Navy blues | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, leader | |
| OKeh | W490037 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | Lucky little devil | Little Molers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | 15490-15492 | 10-in. | 4/9/1925 | Those Panama mamas | Cotton Pickers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | 15493-15494 | 10-in. | 4/9/1925 | Down and out blues | Cotton Pickers ; Miff Mole | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | E27606 | 10-in. | 5/29/1928 | There’ll come a time | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E6819-E6820 | 10-in. | 12/2/1927 | There’ll come a time when you’ll need me | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 11245 | 10-in. | 10/13/1926 | Alabama stomp | Red and Miff's Stompers | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 11246 | 10-in. | 10/13/1926 | Stampede | Red and Miff's Stompers | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Decca | 65358 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | Heat wave | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65359 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | Home again blues | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65360 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | I've found a new baby | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65361 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | Rose room | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65366 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Three little fishies | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65367 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Hooray for spinach | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65368 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Step up and shake my hand | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65369 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Now and then | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65370 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Mandy | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65429 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 1st mvt. , part 1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65430 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 1st mvt., part 2 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65431 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 2nd mvt. | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65432 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 3rd mvt. | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65581 | 10-in. | 5/16/1939 | Lazy | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65781 | 10-in. | 6/13/1939 | Say it with music | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65782 | 10-in. | 6/13/1939 | Lady of the evening | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65783 | 10-in. | 6/13/1939 | All alone | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65784 | 10-in. | 6/13/1939 | Remember | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66906 | 10-in. | 11/24/1939 | All the things you are | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66907 | 10-in. | 11/24/1939 | All in fun | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66908 | 10-in. | 11/24/1939 | Heaven in my arms | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66909 | 10-in. | 11/24/1939 | That lucky fellow | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66996 | 10-in. | 12/21/1939 | The creaking old mill on the creek | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66997 | 10-in. | 12/21/1939 | The gaucho serenade | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66998 | 10-in. | 12/21/1939 | Darn that dream | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66999 | 10-in. | 12/21/1939 | My fantasy | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67014 | 12-in. | 1/3/1940 | Manhattan serenade | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67015 | 12-in. | 1/3/1940 | Manhattan moonlight | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67016 | 12-in. | 1/3/1940 | Metropolitan nocturne | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67021 | 12-in. | 1/4/1940 | Manhattan masquerade | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67022 | 12-in. | 1/4/1940 | Side street in Gotham, part 1 | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67023 | 12-in. | 1/4/1940 | Side street in Gotham, part 2 | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | T-1909 | 10-in. | 12/18/1943 | Squeeze me | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | T-1910 | 10-in. | 12/18/1943 | When I grow too old to dream | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | T-1911 | 10-in. | 12/18/1943 | Too many times | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | T-1912 | 10-in. | 12/18/1943 | The sheik of Araby | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1652 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | Ballin' the jack | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1653 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | Peg o' my heart | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1654 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | At the jazz band ball | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1655 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | At sundown | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1656 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | How come you do me like you do? | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1657 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | (I would do) Anything for you | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1658 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1659 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | If I had you | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1660 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | Beale Street blues | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | N 1661 | 10-in. | 2/9/1944 | Barnyard blues (false start) ; Barnyard blues | Miff Mole | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mole, Miff," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109173.
Mole, Miff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109173.
"Mole, Miff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Mole, Miff, 1898-1961 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91023109
Wikidata: Miff Mole - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q490043
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