Doctor Jazz - Dixieland Crackerjacks 2017

19 februari 2017 - Dixieland Crackerjacks concert band in Heemstede

Michel Muller - trumpet
Slidin' Selena - trombone
Bert Brandsma - clarinet, drums
Rocky van Schaik - banjo
Henk Haverhoek - bass
Raymond van der Hooft - drums, vocals

Many thanks to Paul Thijssen, who made this video registration.

"Doctor Jazz" is a popular tune and song written by Joe "King" Oliver in 1926.[1]
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, Harry Connick Jr. and Dutch Swing College Band.
Doctor Jazz, as a record made by Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers in 1926, is a prime example of early New Orleans jazz counterpoint and collective improvisation. The number of special features, pre-written stop-time breaks and improvised solo passages in this record yield a tapestry of musical contrasts. Jazz was producing significant accomplishments in its other aspects, such as the development of the soloist,[2] but the specifically New Orleans jazz style of collective counterpoint playing would reach its apotheosis here and in a few other 1926-7 Morton recordings.[3]
The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band did a performance of this song on their 1969 release Tadpoles.
Doctor Jazz 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.[4]

Hello central, give me Doctor Jazz
He's got what I need, I'll say he has
When the world goes wrong and I've got the blues
He's the guy who makes me put on both my dancin' shoes

The more I get, the more I want, it seems
I page Doctor Jazz in all my dreams
When I'm trouble-bound and mixed
He's the guy who gets me fixed
Hello central give me Doctor Jazz