Larry Clinton & His Orchestra – Chinatown

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“Chinatown, My Chinatown” is a popular song written by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz  in 1906 and later interpolated into the musical Up and Down Broadway (1910).

The song has been recorded by numerous artists and is considered an early jazz standard.

Larry Clinton (August 17, 1909 – May 2, 1985) was an American musician, bandleader and arranger.

“Dates to late 1938-mid 1939 while lead alto sax Mike Doty was in the Clinton band. Mike is 2d from right in the sax section, next to Leo White, who solos on clarinet. ”