Doctor Jazz

About the show

Doctor Jazz is a 1975 musical with music by Luther Henderson and Buster Davis, with a book and lyrics by Davis. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1975 and was nominated for three Tony Awards for Best Choreography (Donald McKayle), Best Actress in a Musical (Lola Falana) and Best Costume Design (Raoul Pene Du Bois). The plot follows Edna Mae Sheridan and her mother, who owns a brothel in the Storyville district of New Orleans, while the show takes its name from the 1920s jazz standard "Doctor Jazz".