Career
Douglas played with Larry Ringold while young, both of them having been house in the same boys" institution. He played with Percy Nelson in Hartford in 1933-1934, then played in the South with Jimmy Gunn. Don Albert picked him up in 1934, and Douglas remained in Albert"s orchestra through 1937.
Douglas did freelance work for a time, then worked with Earl Hines for several years in the early 1940s.
After 1945 he returned to New Haven, Connecticut, where he performed locally until his retirement.