timeless
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers, “Jumpin’ Jive” (Stormy Weather, 1943)
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lagniappe
art beat
other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Altar for Raquel M. Ontiveros by Victoria Tapia, Monica Cisneros, and Estella Cruz (Día de Muertos: A Spiritual Legacy, through December 9th)
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What better way to begin the week?
Nicholas Brothers, “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” (Orchestra Wives), 1942
Happy National Tap Dance Day!
Nicholas Brothers (Fayard & Harold)
Pie, Pie Blackbird (1932)
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“Lucky Numbers”
The Black Network (1936)
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“Chattanooga Choo Choo” (with Dorothy Dandridge, Glenn Miller Orchestra)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
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movies/part 2
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Stormy Weather (1943)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra; Nicholas Brothers, dancers; “Jumpin’ Jive”
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lagniappe
Fred Astaire told the [Nicholas] brothers that the “Jumpin’ Jive” number in Stormy Weather was the greatest number he had ever seen on film. He would have been more impressed had he known that the choreography was filmed all in one take.
—Constance Valis Hill, Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History (2010)
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