Historical Clips

A Day at the Races was a 1937 film featuring a promenant Lindy Hop clip. Wikipedia entry It was performed...

Al Minns Wikipedia A member of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers Biographic Articles: Swungover Holla Jazz

Cab Calloway was a very proliphic band leader through the era. He was well known from his time leading his...

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TODO reference the jazz steps videos. IMDB

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Frankie Manning was one of the early dancers in the Savoy Ballroom who helped define the Lindy Hop. Frankie was...

Hellzapoppin’ is a 1941 movie which features one of the most iconic clips of Lindy Hop. Wikipedia entry It was...

A short film featuring Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway leading the orchestra with the Nicholas Brothers performing a tap routine. From the movie ‘Stormy Weather’(1943)

Keep Punching was a 1939 movie with an extended clip of what became known as the Big Apple Routine. In...

Leon James Wikipedia A member of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers

One of the original cheoreographers of the Shim Sham Other resources about Leonard Reed: Wikipedia The Shim Sham Shimmy Man...

Norma Miller was one of the early Lindy Hop dancers at the Savoy Ballroom. She earned the nickname ‘Queen of...

Al Minns and Leon James appeared in on Playboy and showcased a bunch of solo jazz moves.

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Spirit Moves is a documentary series from 1987 by Mura Dehn. There’s a lot of information on Wikipedia The clips...

This association formed the circuit on which black performers were able to travel and perform in the 1920 United States....

This is a historical clip from Venice Beach in 1938 which predates Lindy but shows some of the same dances...

Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers was one of the most famous groups that helped create and popularize the dance of Lindy Hop....

Wynton Marsalis is a renoun trumpter and composer who is now the artistic director of Jazz at the Linclon Center....