Doc Cook and His 14 Doctors of Syncopation
Biography
Doc Cook and his 14 Doctors of Syncopation worked at the Casino dance hall at the White City amusement park during the late 1920s. The amusement park was located at 63rd and South Parkway in Chicago. Cook's band also toured the midwestern states. The group broke up after having all their instruments stolen from the bandstand during a break at a marathon dance contest.
Band members:
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Billy Butler - Alto Saxophone, Violin
Jerome Carrington - Piano
Doc Cooke - Conductor
Bill Dawson - Trombone
Elwood Graham - Cornet
Andrew Hilaire - Drums, Vocals
George Mitchell - Cornet
Clarence Owens - Tenor Saxophone
Jimmie Noone - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Bill Newton - Tuba
Joe Poston Alto Saxophone
Johnny St. Cyr Banjo
Sterling Todd Piano
Fayette Williams Trombone
Discography:
-Alligator Crawl
(Thomas Waller) 7-11-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1298-D
-Brainstorm
(Joe Sanders) 7-15-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1298-D
-Hum And Strum
(Do, Do, Do, - That's What I Do)
(Billy Meyers / Elmer Schoebel) 3-30-1928 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1430-D
-I Got Worry (Love Is On My Mind)
(De Rose / Trent) 3-30-1928 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1430-D
-Slue-Foot
(Joe Sanders / Lewis) 7-15-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1070-D
-Willie The Weeper
Vocal chorus by Andrew Hilaire
(Walter Melrose / G.D. Rymal / M. Bloom) 7-11-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1070-D
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