Henry LeTang, Leon Collins & Foster Johnson - Jazz-Waltz Tap (EN)

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Tap Dance Collection N° 13 - Stil: Afro-American Rhythm-Tap. Drei sehr elegante und tänzerische Swing-Stepnummern. Detaillierte Beschreibung der Schritte (Victor Cuno). 44 S. Letzer Update: 12. September, 2025

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Victor Cuno presents:
Jazz-Waltz Tap Routines
by
Henry LeTang
Leon Collins
Foster Johnson

   comments                       p. 4

   Henry LeTang “Lover”           p. 5
   Routine N° 15 originally intended for the GIRLS
   “Lover” played in 3/4 time - rather slow & jazzy
   music : Richard Rodgers
   2-Chorus Routine (each Step 16 bars)

   Leon Collins “Little Niles”       p. 14
   music: Randy Weston
   aka “Waltz For Diana”
   3-Chorus Routine (each Step 16 bars) with Intro & Tag

   Foster Johnson               p. 28
   “Jazz-Waltz Medley”
   as learned from Linda Sohl-Donnell
   1st Chorus: "Falling In Love With Love" (music: Richard Rodgers)
   2nd Chorus "Someday My Prince Will Come" (music: Frank Churchill)

   Jazz-Waltz Tap Routines
The old Waltzclog adapted to a swinging jazz-tempo: a rare gem. Performed and taught by three famous tap-dancers, these routines are the only ones I witnessed in this particular style of tap. Henry LeTang, Leon Collins and Foster Johnson updated an old and originally all white tap-tradition with their afro-american heritage, combining it with ballet influences. Although the Waltzclog-Routines were already performed to standard 32-bar melodies as early as 1920, the formula retained here is the original one with an 64-bar chorus divided onto 4 16-bar units. The prevailing choreographical set-up of the old days for each of these 4 Steps was organized in 4-bar units: 2 bars of the Waltzlog Time-Step, 2 bars of an individual combination - almost always including the Dutch-Hop in the beginning and the Bell-Step towards the end. These 4 bars were executed 3 times, leading to a 4-bar Break. This structure is still present in these very stylish and exquisit Jazz-Waltz Tap-Routines. Luckily enough the overall repetition of the 4-bar formula gives way to a new approach, creating very interesting and thus much more personal rhythm-patterns. Compared to the up-tempo oom-pah-pah of the traditional Waltzclog, the swing version is performed to a much slower tempo, thus allowing exciting double-time inserts. Who could ask for anyrhing more ?

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