Dreamy Blues

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Dreamy Blues is the original title of Duke Ellington’s classic jazz composition later known as “Mood Indigo.”

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instanceOf jazz composition
musical composition
alsoKnownAs Mood Indigo NERFINISHED
associatedAct Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED
composer Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstRecordingArtist Duke Ellington and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
genre jazz
hasArranger Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
hasCoComposer Barney Bigard NERFINISHED
hasEra early swing era
hasForm popular song form
hasInstrumentation clarinet
double bass
drums
piano
saxophone section
trombone
trumpet
hasKey B-flat major
hasLaterTitle Mood Indigo NERFINISHED
hasLyricist Irving Mills NERFINISHED
hasMood dreamy
melancholic
hasStyle swing era ballad
hasTempo slow
hasTheme moody atmosphere
hasTitleType original title
influenced later jazz ballad writing
influencedGenre orchestral jazz
laterBecame one of Duke Ellington’s signature pieces
laterStatus jazz standard
notableFeature low-register clarinet line
muted brass voicings
unusual instrumental voicing for the time
originalLanguage instrumental (no lyrics)
partOfRepertoireOf Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
jazz bands worldwide
subgenre big band jazz

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Mood Indigo originalTitle Dreamy Blues