Doc Cook and his 14 Doctors of Syncopation worked at the Casino dance hall at the White City amusement park during the late 1920s. The amusement park was located at 63rd and South Parkway in Chicago. Cook's band also toured the midwestern states. The group broke up after having all their instruments stolen from the bandstand during a break at a marathon dance contest. Band members: Billy Butler - Alto Saxophone, Violin Jerome Carrington - Piano Doc Cooke - Conductor Bill Dawson - Trombone Elwood Graham - Cornet Andrew Hilaire - Drums, Vocals George Mitchell - Cornet Clarence Owens - Tenor Saxophone Jimmie Noone - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone Bill Newton - Tuba Joe Poston Alto Saxophone Johnny St. Cyr Banjo Sterling Todd Piano Fayette Williams Trombone Discography: -Alligator Crawl (Thomas Waller) 7-11-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1298-D -Brainstorm (Joe Sanders) 7-15-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1298-D -Hum And Strum (Do, Do, Do, - That's What I Do) (Billy Meyers / Elmer Schoebel) 3-30-1928 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1430-D -I Got Worry (Love Is On My Mind) (De Rose / Trent) 3-30-1928 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1430-D -Slue-Foot (Joe Sanders / Lewis) 7-15-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1070-D -Willie The Weeper Vocal chorus by Andrew Hilaire (Walter Melrose / G.D. Rymal / M. Bloom) 7-11-1927 - Chicago, Illinois - Columbia 1070-D <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Doc+Cook+and+His+14+Doctors+of+Syncopation">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.