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Copasetics. [Performance excerpts]

Title
Copasetics. [Performance excerpts] [videorecording]
Publication
[1977]

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Buster, 1913-2002
  • Brown, Ernest
  • Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
  • Cross, James.
  • Gaines, Bubba
  • Gibson, Bert
  • Nelson, Gilbert.
  • Larkin, Milton.
  • Mitchell, Dwike.
  • Edwards, Herrar.
  • Bufalino, Brenda.
  • Copasetics.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
First half of the Copasetics' stage program, recorded from two different camera angles.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the American Tap Dance Orchestra.
Series Statement
American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
Uniform Title
Great feats of feet (Motion picture)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Original container labeled: Copasetics 1975, w/time codes, B + 045.
  • Time code on frame.
  • Footage recorded for the documentary Great feats of feet (1977), produced and directed by Brenda Bufalino. For a recording of the completed documentary, see: *MGZIC 7-507.
  • For additional data compiled by Tony Waag, archivist, American Tap Dance Orchestra, see *MGX 98-6644 American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
  • Performance reviewed by Sally Banes in Dance magazine, July 1977, p. 81-82.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Academy Theater, New Paltz, New York, on May 8, 1977.
Contents
  • [Close shot, recorded from auditorium, stage left] (ca. 33 min). "Satin doll" [instrumental number] -- Entry of the Copasetics -- "Everything will be copasetic" / sung by Nelson -- "'Way down yonder in New Orleans" -- "I got a song" -- Freedom song -- Tramp band -- "Mama don't allow" -- School game ("Oh Mr. Rooster") -- "Funny step" -- Time step -- "Swanee River" (soft shoe) -- "B.S. chorus" -- Dancing and walking / danced by Buster Brown -- Sand dance / danced by Buster Brown -- Impression of Pete Nugent ("Breezin' along with the breeze") / danced by Cook -- "Mr. Wonderful" [incomplete] / performed by Gibson.
  • [Close shot, recorded from auditorium, stage right] (ca. 19 min.). "April in Paris" / performed by Buster Brown, Gaines, Ernest Brown -- Chair dance -- "I want to be happy" [and] "I got rhythm" [and] "Birth of the blues" (Louis Armstrong impression) [and] "I ain't got nobody" / sung by Cross -- "Darktown strutters' ball" [and] Cane dance / sung by Cross, danced by the company.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3118
OCLC
NYPY98-F2995
Title
Copasetics. [Performance excerpts] [videorecording]
Imprint
[1977]
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
Performer
Danced by the Copasetics: Buster Brown, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, Charles "Cookie" Cook, James "Stump" Cross, Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Albert [Bert] Gibson.
Singers: Gilbert Nelson, James "Stump" Cross.
Musicians: Milton Larkin (trombone), Dwike Mitchell (piano), "Ditto" Herrar Edwards (percussion).
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Academy Theater, New Paltz, New York, on May 8, 1977.
Added Author
Brown, Buster, 1913-2002, dancer.
Brown, Ernest, dancer.
Cook, Charles, 1917-1991, dancer.
Cross, James. voc, dancer.
Gaines, Bubba, dancer.
Gibson, Bert, dancer.
Nelson, Gilbert. voc
Larkin, Milton. Instrumentalist
Mitchell, Dwike. Instrumentalist
Edwards, Herrar. Instrumentalist
Bufalino, Brenda. Producer. Director
Copasetics.
DHCA.
Added Title
Great feats of feet (Motion picture)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3118
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