The original recording features Davis on trumpet, Rollins on tenor saxophone, Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums.
[1] "Doxy" has become a jazz standard,[2] a frequently performed and recorded part of many musicians' repertoires.
Some sources say "Doxy" was written by Rollins during a stopover in England during a European tour and the name came from a bread spread the band was eating in the hotel.
[3] Other sources note that Rollins never toured England and Europe until 1959, five years after the song was written.
"Doxy," according to Rollins, is a double entendre that refers to the sacred and the profane.