Mood Indigo

Duke Ellington · 1930 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Composed by Duke Ellington with Barney Bigard, this 1930 track is an early example of his work on orchestral color. It combines muted trumpet and trombone with clarinet, the trombone playing in the high register and the clarinet in the low, which gives the impression of an additional voice.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington. Among the origins and influences of Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano).

By the same artist

• It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1932)
• Black and Tan Fantasy (1927)
• Creole Love Call (1927)
• East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (1927)
• Sophisticated Lady (1933)
• Cotton Tail (1940)

Sources

• EN: Mood Indigo

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