kazoo

Behind the scenes, Moreno formulated her own Spanish-language takes on jazz, which listeners can hear in the 2006 funky, spy-like chromatic track “Escondidos” — which includes a kazoo solo in its outro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

One instrument sounded like a wild kazoo, shrill to the point of radical harshness — something like true freedom.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

She was playing the kazoo and poking around.

From Salon ● May 21, 2023

Rex was a very stupid dog, except for one thing: he could play the kazoo.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Oh, where abides the fond kazoo, The barrel-organ fair, And where is heard the tra-la-loo Of fish horns on the air?

From Hoosier Lyrics by Field, Eugene

So, too, did all of his department heads on their own fiefdoms and the oddball band Tune-Yards on the score, a cacophony of circus oompahs, mouth harps and kazoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

I take great pride in knowing that no one would think I’m the creation of A.I., even if that means acknowledging that I’m an acquired taste at best, “Hava Nagila” played on kazoos at worst.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026

Students in other classrooms in this hallway learned about the amplification of sound — using kazoos, much to the dismay of neighboring teachers — while others created bubble wands or wind-powered cars.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

Witnessing the past four years of Wall’s career has been like trying to slow dance to a syncopated mess of kazoos and congas.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021

But the ragged little "poh white" used to sit beside her piano by the hour and try to get in an alto with one of those kazoos that boys hum through.

From Flappers and Philosophers by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)