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Tap Dancing America: A Cultural
History
By Constance
Valis Hill
$39.95
Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the
first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form,
exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved
from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and
juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda
Bufalino, Dianne Walker, and Savion Glover. Written with all the verve
and grace of tap itself, drawing on eye-witness accounts of early performances
as well as interviews with today's greatest tappers, and richly illustrated with
over ninety images, Tap Dancing America fills a major gap in American dance
history and places tap firmly center stage.
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Tapping the Source
By
Brenda Bufalino
$24.95
In Tapping the Source, Brenda
Bufalino explores the recent history of tap dance and shares stories about her
early training and professional career experiences, as well as the wisdom
gleaned from her mentor, partner and collaborator, the late Charles 'Honi'
Coles. As a master teacher and biographical performer known for
her fluid musicality and extensive vocabulary, Ms. Bufalino's stories,
techniques and philosophy will inspire and encourage everyone to find the timber
and rhythm of their voice, whether in tap shoes or hiking boots, on the piano or
the typewriter, on a mountain trail or on the floor boards.
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TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and their Stories
By Rusty Frank
foreword by the late Gregory Hines
$24.00
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Shoot While I'm Happy
Memories From The Tap Goddess of the Lower East Side
By Jane Goldberg
with foreword by the late Gregory Hines
$40.00
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Brenda Bufalino's "Love at First
Sight"
$15.00 for CD
Rinato Sellani, Massimo Moriconi, and Brenda Bufalino in one short morning
created this spontaneous recording of Piano, Bass and Taps in a studio in Milan,
Italy. With "one take" improvisations, these three musicians work together
almost by telepathy ... sensitive to each others every nuance. This recording is
as electrifying as a live performance. The taps create melodies as well as
percussion. Sometimes the rhythms and harmonies are so delicate they are like a
whisper or an embrace.
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Brenda Bufalino's "DANCING MY DANCE...
in another persons
dream"
$18.00 for CD
Tap Master Brenda Bufalino taps, sings and plays the concertina along with
Joe Fonda on bass, Cary DeNigris on guitar, and Mark Josefsberg on the vibes.
This CD contains numerous original tunes written by Brenda Bufalino, as well as
classics like Irving Berlin’s tune "Always.”
Recorded in 2003 by Chris
Anderson, and mixed by Frank Moscowit in Woodstock, New York, at Nevessa
Production Studios.
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Joe Fonda's "From the Source"
$15.00 for CD
Brenda Bufalino taps out the score to bassist Joe Fonda's compositions, sings
an original piece dedicated to her partner and mentor the late Charles Honi
Coles, and narrates one of her poems from Gertrude's Nose a Tap Opera. "During
this session we bridge the gap that exists between the dance world and the music
world by making our dancer (Brenda Bufalino) an equal part of our ensemble. She
was incorporated into the collective group for her sounds, her rhythms, her
tones, her time and her music - not for her visual presence which historically
has so often been the reason for bringing musicians and dancers together. Here
we come together as equals." Joe Fonda Also featured on this recording are
musicians Anthony Braxton (Alto Saxophone, F Saxophone, Soprano, Clarinet,
Contrabass Clarinet & Flute), Herb Robertson (Trumpet & Pocket Trumpet),
Vickie Dodd (Vocals), and Grisha Alexiev (Percussion).
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