Jazz tap :

Johnson, Anne E.

Jazz tap : from African drums to American feet / Anne E. Johnson. - 1st ed. - New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1999. - 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - The library of African American arts and culture .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.

1. Seeing the rhythm; dances of West Africa -- 2. Finding a new rhythm; African slaves in America -- 3. Bottle caps between your toes; how tap grew up -- 4. Movie sets and jazz clubs; tap in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s -- 5. Learning and celebrating tap; today and tomorrow.

0823918564 (lib. bdg.) 9780823918560

98029523


Jazz tap--History.
African American dance--History.
Dance, Black--History.

GV1794.5 / .J65 1999

792.7 / JOH