Doctor Jazz
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Doctor Jazz is a popular tune and song written by Joe "King" Oliver in 1926.
Publisher Walter Melrose
got his name on it as co-composer, as was often his practice. It enjoyed its initial popularity in the 1920s. It continues to be played by Dixieland
jazz
groups. It has been performed by many notable acts, such as Jelly Roll Morton
, Chris Barber
and Harry Connick Jr..
The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band also did a performance of this song on their 1969 release "Tadpoles".
It was also the title of a Broadway musical with a jazz theme that ran from February to March 1975 at the Winter Garden Theatre, produced by Cyma Rubin with music by Buster Davis.
Doctor Jazz was also a Jazz band composed of doctors formed in 1985 to raise monies for the Bristol MRI Centre. The band is still active in the West Country of England and has raised money for a large variety of charities. It is led by Professor Paul Goddard (keyboards and vocals) and still has most of the original band members including Professor Hugh Coakham (Saxophone), Chris Chivers (drums), Graham Leavey (trumpet) and Lois Goddard(vocals) (external links 2 and 3)
2 http://www.drjazzmusic.co.uk,
3 http:// www.professorpaulgoddard.com
Publisher Walter Melrose
Walter Melrose
Walter Melrose was a music publisher and lyricist in the 1920s and 1930s.He was born in Sumner, Illinois, and was the brother of Lester Melrose, with whom he established a music store in Chicago. This became successful after the Tivoli Theatre opened in the same street, greatly increasing the...
got his name on it as co-composer, as was often his practice. It enjoyed its initial popularity in the 1920s. It continues to be played by Dixieland
Dixieland
Dixieland music, sometimes referred to as Hot jazz, Early Jazz or New Orleans jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s.Well-known jazz standard songs from the...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
groups. It has been performed by many notable acts, such as Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
, Chris Barber
Chris Barber
Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber is best known as a jazz trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and vocalist/banjoist Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with...
and Harry Connick Jr..
The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band also did a performance of this song on their 1969 release "Tadpoles".
It was also the title of a Broadway musical with a jazz theme that ran from February to March 1975 at the Winter Garden Theatre, produced by Cyma Rubin with music by Buster Davis.
Doctor Jazz was also a Jazz band composed of doctors formed in 1985 to raise monies for the Bristol MRI Centre. The band is still active in the West Country of England and has raised money for a large variety of charities. It is led by Professor Paul Goddard (keyboards and vocals) and still has most of the original band members including Professor Hugh Coakham (Saxophone), Chris Chivers (drums), Graham Leavey (trumpet) and Lois Goddard(vocals) (external links 2 and 3)
External links
2 http://www.drjazzmusic.co.uk,
3 http:// www.professorpaulgoddard.com