Title

Jazz Tap Ensemble [videorecording] : 20th jubilee / artistic direction, Lynn Dally.

Publication

c1998.

Items in the Library & Offsite

Details

Additional Authors

• Butterfly, Roxane,
• Covey, David.
• DHCA.
• Dally, Lynn.
• Davis, Miles.
• Diamond, Dennis.
• Franklin, Henry.
• Fraser, Scott.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
• Grant, Derick.
• Hines, Gregory,
• Jazz Tap Ensemble.
• Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
• Kalaf, Jerry.
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
• Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
• Monk, Thelonious,
• New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
• Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
• Saunders, Theo.
• Slyde, Jimmy,
• Twitchell, Becky,
• Video D Studios.
• Weber, Sam,
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
• Zee, Steve,

Description

1 videocassette (104 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Subjects

• Improvisation in dance
• Video
• Dance
• Tap dancing

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.
• Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Jazz Tap Ensemble, Video D Studios Inc., the Joyce Theater and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.

Credits (note)

• Music director, Jerry Kalaf ; sound design, Scott Fraser ; lighting, David Covey ; video design, Dennis Diamond.

Performer (note)

• Introduced by Lynn Dally.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, on November 27, 1998 (evening) ; recorded and edited by Video D Studios Inc. ; director/camera, Dennis Diamond.

Funding (note)

• Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

• Act I. All blues / choreography, Lynn Dally ; music, Miles Davis ; danced by the Jazz Tap Ensemble.
• Goodbye pork pie hat / choreography and performance, Steve Zee ; music, Charles Mingus.
• Love for sale / improvisation and performance, Roxane Butterfly ; music, Cole Porter.
• Rhythm-a-ning / choreography and performance, Becky Twitchell and Jerry Kalaf ; music, Thelonious Monk.
• This is new / four-way improvisation by Roxane Butterfly, Becky Twitchell, Steve Zee, Sam Weber ; music, Kurt Weill.
• Trio: My man's gone [instrumental work] / music, George Gershwin ; played by Theo Saunders, Henry Franklin, Jerry Kalaf.
• Noche / choreography, Lynn Dally ; music, Jerry Kalaf ; danced by the Jazz Tap Ensemble.
• Act II. Groove / choreography, Gregory Hines ; score, Jerry Kalaf ; danced by Sam Weber, Becky Twitchell, Roxane Butterfly, Steve Zee.
• Duet / improvisation by Lynn Dally and Theo Saunders ; music, Thelonious Monk.
• All the things you are / choreography and performance, Sam Weber ; music, Jerome Kern, arr. by Jerry Kalaf.
• Trio: Monk's dream [instrumental work] / music, Thelonious Monk ; played by Theo Saunders, Henry Franklin, and Jerry Kalaf.
• Interplay / created especially for the Jazz Tap Ensemble by Jimmy Slyde ; choreography, Jimmy Slyde with the Jazz Tap Ensemble ; associates, Lynn Dally, Derick Grant and the Jazz Tap Ensemble ; music, special arrangement of jazz standards and originals by Jerry Kalaf ; "Little sunflower" danced by Becky Twitchell ; "I remember you" danced by Sam Weber ; "Boogie strut" danced by Steve Zee and Becky Twitchell ; "You don't know what love is" danced by Lynn Dally ; "Jeannine" danced by Steve Zee.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3312

Title

Jazz Tap Ensemble [videorecording] : 20th jubilee / artistic direction, Lynn Dally.

Imprint

c1998.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, on November 27, 1998 (evening) ; recorded and edited by Video D Studios Inc. ; director/camera, Dennis Diamond.

Credits

Music director, Jerry Kalaf ; sound design, Scott Fraser ; lighting, David Covey ; video design, Dennis Diamond.

Performer

Danced by the Jazz Tap Ensemble: Lynn Dally, Sam Weber, Becky Twitchell, Roxane Butterfly, Steve Zee.

Music played by Theo Saunders (piano), Henry Franklin (bass), Jerry Kalaf (drums).

Introduced by Lynn Dally.

Funding

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Dally, Lynn. drt, choreographer, dancer.

Weber, Sam, choreographer, dancer.

Twitchell, Becky, choreographer, dancer.

Butterfly, Roxane, dancer.

Zee, Steve, choreographer, dancer.

Saunders, Theo. Instrumentalist

Franklin, Henry. Instrumentalist

Kalaf, Jerry. Instrumentalist. cmp, choreographer, dancer.

Hines, Gregory, choreographer.

Slyde, Jimmy, choreographer.

Grant, Derick.

Davis, Miles. Composer

Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. Composer

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Composer

Monk, Thelonious, composer

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Composer

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Composer

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer

Fraser, Scott.

Covey, David.

Diamond, Dennis.

Jazz Tap Ensemble.

Video D Studios.

Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3312