Jazz Crazy Records

An Archive of Early Jazz on 78 RPM

“Doo Dah Blues” – Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra (1922)

The last recording session of Ford Dabney’s band in 1922.

A relatively straightforward blues tune delivered with raggy pep and a very enthusiastic tuba player.

Recorded in New York City circa May 1922.
Released as Paramount 20120, Puritan/Triangle 11122, and Banner 1061

Credits:
Ford Dabney – piano, director
Pike Davis, Wesley Johnson – trumpet
John Reeves – trombone
Herschel Brassfield – clarinet, alto sax
Casey Cooper or Willie Carroll – violin
Mose Ross – drums
Unknown artists – tenor sax, banjo, tuba

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