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(September 3, 1891 – December 25, 1958)
Born Charles L. Cooke in Louisville, Kentucky in 1891 he was a jazz bandleader and composer/arranger who first worked professionally in Detroit before moving to Chicago around 1910. Billed under the stagename Doc Cook he actually did earn a Doctorate from the Chicago Musical College in 1926. As leader of the resident orchestra at Paddy Harmon's Dreamland Ballroom from 1922 to 1927 Doc Cook also recorded with this all-star group under names including "Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra", "Doc Cook's 14 Doctors of Syncopation" and "Cookie's Gingersnaps".
Videos:
Brainstorm (3:12)
Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man (3:22)
High Fever (3:16)
Hum And Strum (2:38)
Love Found You For Me (3:20)
Messin' Around (2:37)
Scissor Grinder Joe (2:55)
Slue Foot (2:35)
So This is Venice (2:39)
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