The peripatetic Mr. Wooding led bands in New York in the early 1920's, but left in 1925 to begin a world tour touching Berlin, Paris, Moscow, Scandinavia and even Argentina for the next ten years. His group (which initially accompanied the show Chocolate Dandies) was highly influential on the European jazz scene, bringing authentic African-American hot dance band rhythms and solos to a new audience. These recordings feature Bobby Martin, Doc Cheatham and Harry Cooper on trumpets, Al Wynn and Billy Burns on trombones, Willie Lewis, Jerry Blake, Ralph Jones and Gene Sedric on reeds, Freddy Johnson on piano, John Mitchell on banjo and guitar, King Edwards and June Cole on tuba and bass, Ted Fields on drums and virtually everyone singing.