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'''"The Mooche"''' is an American [[jazz]] song, composed in 1928 by [[Duke Ellington]] and Irving Mills.<ref>[http://www.alfred.com/samplepages/00-28046S.pdf Berger, David (transcription). The Mooche. Jazz at Lincoln Center Library - Essentially Ellington. 2007, EMI Mills Music, Inc.]</ref> The song is in the so-called "jungle style" and includes the [[clarinet]] and [[Mute (music)|muted]] [[trumpet]] typical of Ellington's work.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2005/01/the_late_show.html Crouch, Stanley. The Late Show: Why Duke Ellington's late work deserves our attention. January 12, 2005, Slate.com]</ref> [[James "Bubber" Miley]] was among the musicians that recorded the original version of the song.<ref>[http://www.jazz.com/music/2007/11/26/duke-ellington-featuring-bubber-miley-the-mooche Gioia, Ted (reviewer). Duke Ellington (Featuring Bubber Miley): The Mooche. 2007, jazz.com]</ref>
'''"The Mooche"''' is an American [[jazz]] song, composed in 1928 by [[Duke Ellington]] and Irving Mills.<ref>[http://www.alfred.com/samplepages/00-28046S.pdf Berger, David (transcription). The Mooche. Jazz at Lincoln Center Library - Essentially Ellington. 2007, EMI Mills Music, Inc.]</ref> The song is in the so-called "jungle style" and includes the [[clarinet]] and [[Mute (music)|muted]] [[trumpet]] typical of Ellington's work.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2005/01/the_late_show.html Crouch, Stanley. The Late Show: Why Duke Ellington's late work deserves our attention. January 12, 2005, Slate.com]</ref> [[James "Bubber" Miley]] was among the musicians that recorded the original version of the song.<ref>[http://www.jazz.com/music/2007/11/26/duke-ellington-featuring-bubber-miley-the-mooche Gioia, Ted (reviewer). Duke Ellington (Featuring Bubber Miley): The Mooche. 2007, jazz.com]</ref>

==In popular culture==
{{in popular culture|date=August 2016}}
* "The Mooche" is amongst the numerous jazz songs used in the queue area sound loop for the [[Jungle Cruise]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]] in [[Walt Disney World]].<ref>[http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-jungle-cruise-and-awol-airwaves.html The Jungle Cruise and AWOL Airwaves. Passport To Dreams Old and New. May 10, 2014.]</ref>
* The song also plays in the 1991 film ''[[The Addams Family (film)|The Addams Family]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101272/soundtrack The Addams Family (1991) - Soundtracks. imdb.com]</ref>


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Revision as of 01:03, 26 October 2016

"The Mooche"
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"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]

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