The Ellington band performed and recorded the song continuously throughout its 50 years, both in its original form and as a vehicle for individual soloists. Ellington used this effect in " (In My) Solitude" (1932), "Dusk" (1940), and many other pieces throughout his career.
The "mike-tone" gives the audio-illusion of the presence of a fourth "voice" or instrument. This was unheard of at the time, and also created (in the studio) a so-called "mike-tone"-an effect generated by the overtones of the clarinet and trombone (which was tightly muted as well). In "Mood Indigo" Ellington voices the trombone right at the top of the instrument's register, and the clarinet at the very lowest. At the time of these first three recordings in 1930, the usual voicing of the horns would be clarinet at the top (highest pitch), trumpet in the middle, and the trombone at the bottom (lowest pitch). He chose Yvonne Luanauze (real name Eve Duke) as the band’s vocalist because her mellow timbre was similar to the sound of a saxophone. Ellington blended muted trumpet, muted trombone, and clarinet.Įllington took the traditional front-line-trumpet, trombone, and clarinet-and inverted them. These recordings included Arthur Whetsel (trumpet), Tricky Sam Nanton (trombone), Barney Bigard (clarinet), Duke Ellington (piano), Fred Guy (banjo), Wellman Braud (bass), Sonny Greer (drums). Ellington's arrangement was first recorded by his band for Brunswick on October 17, 1930. The main theme was provided by Bigard, who learned it in New Orleans, Louisiana from his clarinet teacher Lorenzo Tio, who called it a "Mexican Blues". "The next day wads of mail came in raving about the new tune, so Irving Mills put a lyric to it." Renamed "Mood Indigo", it became a jazz standard." It was "the first tune I ever wrote specially for microphone transmission", Ellington recalled. The tune was composed for a radio broadcast in October 1930 and was originally titled "Dreamy Blues". Composition Īlthough Irving Mills-Jack Mills's brother and publishing partner-took credit for the lyrics, Mitchell Parish claimed in a 1987 interview that he had written the lyrics. " Mood Indigo" is a jazz song with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard and lyrics by Irving Mills. Song by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra JSTOR ( June 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).
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