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1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 260 pages)
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illustrations
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ISBN:
0231504128
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9780231504126
Inhalt:
Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, Cholly created the new specialization of ""vocal choreography, "" teaching rhythm-and-blues singers how to perform their music by adding rhythmical dance steps drawn from twentieth-century American dan
Inhalt:
Going north -- The rhythm pals -- Cholly and Dotty -- Struttin' for Uncle Sam -- Coles and Atkins -- The end of our road -- Rhythm tap and more -- In walked Maye -- Hitsville, U.S.A. -- Back to freelancing -- The way I do the things I do -- Black and blue
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0231123647
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Atkins, Cholly Class act New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001
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Englisch
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