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Charles L. Cooke (September 3, 1891 – December 25, 1958) was
an American jazz bandleader and arranger, who performed and recorded under the
stage name Doc Cook. Unlike many early jazz musicians who used monikers
denoting advanced degrees, 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
1922–27, 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,
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.
George Mitchell, Elwood Graham c / Bill Dawson, Fayette Williams tb / Jimmie Noone cl / Joe Poston as / Billy Butler as, vn / Clarence Owens ts / Jerome Carrington p / Johnny St. Cyr bj / Bill Newton bb / Andrew Hillaire d.
Recorded in Chicago on June 11 (AC) & 15 (B), 1927.
