After the breakup of King Oliver's great Creole Jazz Band, Oliver rebounded with the Dixie Syncopators after a brief stint with the Dave Peyton Orchestra at the Plantation Cafe. The Syncopators would never achieve the creative or financial success of his earlier band, but it was still was one of the great bands of the 1920s. They played at the Plantation Cafe in Chicago (338 East Thirty-fifth Street at State Street) from 1925 to 1927 and recorded for Vocalion and Brunswick. When the Plantation Cafe was destroyed by fire Oliver began an ill-fated tour that ended at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. While on the road the band had been cheated out of money by promoters. King Oliver unwisely turned down a the gig at the Cotton Club in New York City because the money was not up to his standards. The job went to Duke Ellington who became famous while at the club via its radio broadcasts. The Dixie Syncopators found themselves without work and Oliver was suffering from dental problems that impaired his trumpet playing. The group disbanded in New York. Luis Russell picked up the pieces of the band and formed the Luis Russell Orchestra.