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Blogs about: Nicholas Brothers

(hip-hop) Dance, Dance Evolution

D.Oswald Ramsay wrote 1 month ago: My first reaction to the new “Jerkin” dance craze- another west coast movement- was, … more →

Tags: krumping, Harlem Shake, chicken noodle soup, Jerkin, Poplockin', Boogaloo

Music Videos: Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Movie Musical Homages1 comment

Alyx Vesey wrote 1 month ago: Jennifer Lopez as Jennifer Beals as Alex Owens; image courtesy of vh1.com After last night’s a … more →

Tags: Feminist Music Geeks Go to the Movies, Feminist Music Geeks Turn on Their TVs, All That Jazz, Alright!, Bob Fosse, Buttons, Cab Calloway, cold hearted, Cyd Charisse

Time Machine Please...

sahboog wrote 1 month ago: …i know i dont really wanna visit back then but… :sigh: -sah … more →

Tags: Art, Sah's Picks, Music, dorothy dandridge, chattanooga choo choo, Glenn Miller Orchestra

Stars of Vaudeville #65: The Nicholas Brothers

travsd wrote 2 months ago: Today is the birthday of Fayard Nicholas. He is one of the very few actual old time vaudevillians I … more →

Tags: Vaudeville etc., Hollywood, Dance, Blackface and race in entertainment, Vaudeville, Harold Nicholas, Fayard Nicholas

Black Vaudeville Performers1 comment

marymiley wrote 2 months ago: In turn-of-the-century America when segregation was at its peak, vaudeville defied the convention—it … more →

Tags: Vaudeville, Segregation, toba, Negro circuit, louis armstrong, Fats Waller, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Duke Ellington, Pearl Bailey

A(nother) good reason to take a Cab on Monday morning...

LW wrote 3 months ago: If Ellington was the Beethoven of the jazz band era, its avatar of majesty, then surely Cab Calloway … more →

Tags: Cab Calloway, Dante Alighieri, Duke Ellington, gertrude stein, Jesse Dylan, jumpin jive, Music, Stormy Weather

Jumpin Jive -- Cab Calloway, Nicholas Brothers

planetcity1 wrote 6 months ago: Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers from the movie “Stormy Weather” (1943) … more →

Tags: Photography, Leisure, Life, Art, Philosophy, Music, US, Fun, Dance

stop, drop, rock 'n roll: "alright - featuring heavy d"

ccc wrote 6 months ago: i feel sorry for janet jackson. a whack ass family, a pedophile brother, a thin singing voice and wh … more →

Tags: stop drop rock 'n roll, Plastic Surgery, MICHAEL JACKSON, Janet Jackson, heavy d, Cab Calloway, Cyd Charisse, legs

Why BoA's album failed3 comments

asianfilmreviews wrote 7 months ago: I use the term “failed” not as a negative term, but as a purely factual one. If BoA … more →

Tags: Random Stuff, South Korea, Japan, BOA, Music, Failure, Frederick Stiehl, Asia Pacific Arts, SM Entertainment

things i've been doing/ diggin

Remi wrote 8 months ago: Banjo I started plucking at the banjo in January because my roomate has one and can play a little bi … more →

Tags: Music, Hobbies, Style, Banjo, Earl Scruggs, Tap dance, Shirley Temple, thrift shopping, Lookbook

The Nicholas Brothers

lunchcountersitin wrote 8 months ago: You can’t get enough of the Nicholas Brothers. The Philadelphia-bred duo were one of the most … more →

Tags: black dance, Tap Dancing

CELEBRATING CHAPPIE WILLET (March 25, 2009)1 comment

jazzlives wrote 9 months ago: If the name above is unfamiliar to you and you love the jazz of the Swing Era, you may reproach your … more →

Tags: Ideal Places, The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, the real thing, Swing You Cats!, Pay attention, louis armstrong, Vince Giordano

I ain't gonna have anywhere near this much fun tonite

Bernie Latham wrote 10 months ago: … more →

Tags: Todays Music, glenn miller

Nicholas Brothers

alexandersafir wrote 11 months ago: Fayard and Harold Nicholas, the sons of musicians, grew up in Philadelphia and, despite the lack of … more →

Tags: Talk about People, Mobile, Alabama, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Cab Calloway, cotton club

Feel Good Friday - Hi De Ho4 comments

squirrelqueen wrote 11 months ago: Of course, yesterday was Elvis’ birthday, but  I took care of a tune from the King then, so I … more →

Tags: pop culture, Nostalgia, Music, Classics, Dance, Feel Good Friday, Cab Calloway, big band, Minnie the Moocher

Nicholas Brothers Tap Dance Routine6 comments

tapdanceclass wrote 11 months ago: The Nicholas Brothers tap dancers Here’s a tap dance video of my favourite tap dancin’ d … more →

Tags: Shawn Byfield, Tapdance, Tap dance, Toronto tap class, toronto tap dance, how to tap, tap dancers, Harold, fayard

Hoofin' it!

syracusesoundreview wrote 1 year ago: I woke up on Sunday morning to the sounds of Liane Hansen and Jane Goldberg tap dancing on NPR … more →

Tags: Cab Calloway, Stormy Weather, Tap Dancing

The impossible made easy as potato pie

Bernie Latham wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Todays Music, Cab Calloway, potato pie

Existential Valuation

riskrapper wrote 1 year ago: Charles Ponzi Many pundits blame the banking crisis on people taking out mortgages they could not af … more →

Tags: credit crisis, Banking, jazz, FASB, Basel II, Regulatory, tarp, recession, Cab Calloway


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