# Name that big-band tune, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 21, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892 "2023-10-21T16:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/1 "2023-10-21T16:46:38Z")
This has been making me crazy. This is possibly an Ellington piece, but I can’t figure it out. It’s typically played VERY slowly, with little or no slurring of notes. No, it’s not _The Mooche_, though that’s a good guess. It’s even slower than that. Very moody. Big prizes for the winner. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/2 "2023-10-21T16:52:28Z")
St. James Infirmary Blues? ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/3 "2023-10-21T16:57:25Z")
That’s all we have to go on? It’s very slow and possibly by Ellington? Could be Mood Indigo or Solitude I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/4 "2023-10-21T17:11:28Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > That’s all we have to go on? It’s very slow and possibly by Ellington? And yet you nailed it with Mood Indigo. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/5 "2023-10-21T17:16:29Z")
Amazing. Though the energy level on Mood Indigo is so low, I’m playing “In the Mood” now. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/6 "2023-10-21T18:29:16Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > And yet you nailed it with Mood Indigo. Thanks! OK, where’s my big prize? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/7 "2023-10-21T21:51:42Z")
Actually, my wife told me that my humming of the tune was NOT Mood Indigo, so I may be back to wondering. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/8 "2023-10-21T22:37:42Z")
“In a Sentimental Mood”? “Warm Valley”? “I Got it Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”? “Come Sunday”? “Isfahan”? “Lotus Blossom”? “Chelsea Bridge”? “Blood Count”? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/9 "2023-10-21T22:53:21Z")
You should listen to Nina Simone’s version. (of Mood Indigo) @Chefguy If you remember the tune could you hum it into [https://vocaroo.com](https://vocaroo.com) or recreate it in [https://onlinesequencer.net/](https://onlinesequencer.net/) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/10 "2023-10-21T22:58:13Z")
You get to hold the Woody Woodpecker balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/11 "2023-10-21T23:06:28Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Though the energy level on Mood Indigo is so low, I’m playing “In the Mood” now. You need a shot of “Main Stem” or “Cottontail”. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/12 "2023-10-23T15:36:31Z")
So … what was it ? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/13 "2023-10-23T16:17:49Z")
Don’t know, yet. I keep waiting for the jazz station to play it so I can check with the website. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892/14 "2023-10-23T16:47:05Z")
Could you recreate it in [https://vocaroo.com](https://vocaroo.com) or [https://onlinesequencer.net/](https://onlinesequencer.net/) ?