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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.