Cabin In The Sky - Duke Ellington and John Bubbles
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From the 1943 musical "Cabin
From the 1943 musical "Cabin In The Sky" - Duke Ellington and John Bubbles.
Born John Sublett in Louisville Kentucky in 1902, John Bubbles revolutionized tap dancing by dropping heels on the offbeat, accenting rhythms with the toes, extending rhythmic patterns beyond the usual eight bars of music, and loading the bar with a complex slew of beats. For all of his innovations he is regarded as the Father of Rhythm Tap.
There is no dancer today who has not been influenced by his inventions. He mentored Fred Astaire in the art of tap, and Astaire always credited his influence and referred to Bubbles as a "genius."
Beginning in 1919 he formed a partnership with Ford L. "Buck" Washington to create the successful act "Buck and Bubbles". By 1922, Buck and Bubbles reached the pinnacle in vaudeville by playing at New York's Palace Theatre. They played the London Palladium, the Cotton Club, the Apollo, were the first blacks to perform at Radio City Music Hall, and continued to break the color barriers theatres across the country.
Bubbles was chosen by George Gershwin to create the role of Sportin' Life in his opera Porgy and Bess in 1935 and performed the role occasionally for the next two decades. It is regrettable that he was not included in the so-called "original cast" album of Porgy and Bess, recorded in 1940.
Born John Sublett in Louisville Kentucky in 1902, John Bubbles revolutionized tap dancing by dropping heels on the offbeat, accenting rhythms with the toes, extending rhythmic patterns beyond the usual eight bars of music, and loading the bar with a complex slew of beats. For all of his innovations he is regarded as the Father of Rhythm Tap.
There is no dancer today who has not been influenced by his inventions. He mentored Fred Astaire in the art of tap, and Astaire always credited his influence and referred to Bubbles as a "genius."
Beginning in 1919 he formed a partnership with Ford L. "Buck" Washington to create the successful act "Buck and Bubbles". By 1922, Buck and Bubbles reached the pinnacle in vaudeville by playing at New York's Palace Theatre. They played the London Palladium, the Cotton Club, the Apollo, were the first blacks to perform at Radio City Music Hall, and continued to break the color barriers theatres across the country.
Bubbles was chosen by George Gershwin to create the role of Sportin' Life in his opera Porgy and Bess in 1935 and performed the role occasionally for the next two decades. It is regrettable that he was not included in the so-called "original cast" album of Porgy and Bess, recorded in 1940.
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