Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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An incomplete recording of a wonderful early song that is likely most well known by the James P. Johnson piano roll, QRS 1473. one of two performances of this, Recorded in Wallace's High Tavern by Mike Lipskin in 1959 or 1960.

VERSE

If you feel sick, if you feel bad
Come down to tennessee
Meet Doctor Jazz, The Man Who Has
A Cure for you and me
He gives you pep, that makes you step
His tonic wins first prize
Hear the Doc Prescribe it, I just can't describe it
That sweet dose of dancing exercise!

CHORUS

The south knows Doctor Jazz,
Who's famous Raz-ma-taz
Kills the thought of amputated booze
He cures the very blackest blues
He uses just a pair of wicked dancing shoes
Here's just a slight description of his best prescription
You'll see the jazz boss take it with a smile
Directions are simply step forward and back, shake before jazzin then ball the jack
It's sure a wond'rous mixture, it's a southern fixture, it's old Docto Jazzes Raz Ma Taz!