Class Act : : The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins /

Class Act : : The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins / / Jacqui Malone, Cholly Atkins.

Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jaz...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Atkins, Cholly,
Malone, Jacqui,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 52 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Going North
  • 2. The Rhythm Pals
  • 3. Cholly and Dotty
  • 4. Struttin' for Uncle Sam
  • 5. Coles and Atkins
  • 6. The End of Our Road
  • 7. Rhythm Tap and More
  • 8. In Walked Mayc
  • 9. Hitsville, U.S.A.
  • 10. Back to Freelancing
  • 11. The Way I Do the Things I Do
  • 12. Black and Blue
  • Epilogue
  • Groupography
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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