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Irving Milfred Mole Better Known As Miff Mole 11 March 1898 – 29 April 1961 Was A Jazz Trombonist And Band Leader. He Is Generally Considered As One Of The Greatest Jazz Trombonists And Credited With Creating The First Distinctive And Influential Solo Jazz Trombone Style. Miff Mole Was Born In Roosevelt New York. 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 Become A Significant Figure Of The New York Scene He Was A Member Of The Original Memphis Five 1922 Played 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. When Jack Teagarden Arrived In New York In 1928 He Quickly Replaced Mole As The New Role Model For Trombonists With A More Legato Blues-Oriented Approach. Mole Having Started Working For Radio In 1927 At WOR Changed His Focus To Working With NBC 1929–38 . 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. He Became A Regular At Nick's In Manhattan Where He Played With Pee Wee Russell Baby Dodds And Others. Miff Mole Died—broke—in New York City In 1961. A Benefit Gig To Raise Money For Him Took Place Just Too Late. He Was Buried In A Pauper's Grave read less