Miff Mole & His Molers - I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling

Irving Milfred "Miff" Mole (1898-1961) was a jazz trombonist and band leader. He is generally considered as one of the greatest jazz trombonists. As a child, he studied violin and piano and switched to trombone when he was 15. He played in Gus Sharp's orchestra for two years and in the 1920s went on to play in the Original Memphis Five (1922), as well as with Russ Gorman, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Sam Lanin, Ray Miller and many others. His other activities, like those of many jazz musicians at the time, included working for silent film and radio orchestras. In 1926–9 Mole and trumpeter Red Nichols led a band called "Miff Mole and his Little Molers". They recorded frequently until 1930. Miff Mole and his band the Molers backed Sophie Tucker. In 1927 he changed his focus to working for radio stations. In 1938–40 he was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra, but his style by then had changed under the influence of Teagarden. In 1942–3 Mole played in Benny Goodman's orchestra, and between 1942–7 he led various dixieland bands. He worked in Chicago in 1947–54. Due to bad health, Mole played very sporadically during his last years. This brilliant record was made in 1929.