Doc Cook
Charles L. Cooke (September 3, 1891 – December 25, 1958), known as Doc Cook, was an American jazz bandleader and arranger. Cook was a Doctor of Music, awarded by the Chicago Musical College in 1926. Born in Louisville, he first worked as a composer and arranger in Detroit before moving to Chicago around 1910. Cook became resident leader of the orchestra at Paddy Harmon's Dreamland Ballroom in Chicago from 1922 to 1927, acting as conductor and musical director. The ensemble recorded under several names, such as Cookie's Gingersnaps, Doc Cook and his 14 Doctors of Syncopation, and Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra. Among those who played in Cook's band were Freddie Keppard, Jimmie Noone, Johnny St. Cyr, Zutty Singleton, Joe Poston, Andrew Hilaire, and Luis Russell. After 1927 Cook's orchestra played in Chicago at the Municipal Pier and the White City Ballroom. In 1930, Cook moved to New York City and worked as an arranger for Radio City Music Hall and RKO, working there into the 1940s. On Broadway, he had a number of important orchestration credits, including The Hot Mikado (1939) and the first U.S. production of The Boy Friend in collaboration with Ted Royal in 1954. A proponent of ragtime, he also worked frequently with Eubie Blake, supplying the arrangements for the 1952 revival of Shuffle Along. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 3, 1891 (Louisville), Died December 25, 1958
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, composer, songwriter, arranger, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 26-41 of 41 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | 9769 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | High fever | Cookie's Gingersnaps | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
OKeh | 9770 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | Here comes the hot tamale man | Cookie's Gingersnaps | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
OKeh | 9771 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | Love found you for me | Cookie's Gingersnaps ; Jimmie Noone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
OKeh | S-70082 | 10-in. | 8/9/1921 | Daisy days | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
OKeh | [OK cat 4500-b] | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | Goodbye pretty butterflies | Damon's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 6922 | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1921 | Goodbye, pretty butterflies | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E3884-E3885 | 10-in. | 10/1/1926 | Messin’ around | Royal Flush Orchestra ; Fess Williams | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | C531 | 10-in. | 7/23/1926 | Messin’ around | Dixie Syncopators ; King Oliver | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Brunswick | LAE610 | 10-in. | 9/4/1929 | Feelin’ the way I do | Jesse Stafford Palace Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | songwriter | |
Edison | 8216 | 10-in. | 9/14/1921 | Mississippi cradle | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Gennett | 11727 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Scissor-grinder Joe | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Gennett | 11728 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Lonely little wall flower | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Gennett | 11729 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | So this is Venice | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Gennett | 11730 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Moanful man | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Gennett | 11731 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | The Memphis maybe man | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Gennett | 11732 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | The one I love (Belongs to somebody else) | Cook's Dreamland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cook, Doc," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105546.
Cook, Doc. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105546.
"Cook, Doc." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Cook, Doc, 1881-1958 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87130546
Wikidata: Charles L. Cooke - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1233699
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/58127552
MusicBrainz: Charles L. Cooke - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f8fa64f5-6195-4ac8-9cd1-93c703d4308c
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