"The Mooche," Duke Ellington (1928)
"The Mooche," Duke Ellington (1928)
The New Yorker (Jazz) Punch bowl is an extraordinary piece, and it deserved to be paired with an equally evocative composition from the music of the Jazz Age. “The Mooche” was the Duke...
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The New Yorker (Jazz) Punch bowl is an extraordinary piece, and it deserved to be paired with an equally evocative composition from the music of the Jazz Age. “The Mooche” was the Duke Ellington Orchestra’s theme song for many years, and features some of his most innovative soloists of the time period, such as trumpeter Bubber Miley, clarinetist Barney Bigard, and vocalist Baby Cox. Considering how often the color blue appears in Ellington’s writing, the parallel between the blue and black colors of the punch bowl and his writing equated into a common thread. Text by James Saltzman, Faculty, Manhattan School of Music
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- The New Yorker (Jazz) Punch Bowl
- glazed, molded earthenware with sgraffito design.
- Gift of Mrs. Homer Kripke.
- 1980-21-7
- This object was made by Cowan Pottery Studio.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.
