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Charles 'Cookie' Cook (EN)

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Tap Dance Collection N° 19 - career and Eccentric Buck-Dance routines by Afro-American dancer Charles 'Cookie Cook' with his partner Ernest 'Brownie' Brown and the Rhythm-Softshoe of Cookie Cook, notably his famous 'Breezing the Breeze'. Analyzed step-by-step by Victor Cuno, 114 p.

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Language EN Pages PDF 59 p.

Reference : SWT-TDC-19-PDF-EN

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contents:

A Biographical Attempt of Cook and Brown p.3

1930s Buck-And Wing

Cook & Brown «Troublesome Trumpet»                       p.9

«Red Nichols & his World Famous Pennies» (Apr. 21, 1936, Warner Bros.)

Cook & Brown / Dorothy Saulters «Every Night Is New Year’s Eve». p.16

from «52nd Street» (Walter Wanger Productions (November 19, 1937)

Cook & Brown «Chatter»                                               p.20

from the Soundie «Chatter» (November 29, 1943)

Charles "Cookie" Cook «The Bambalina Routine»               p.27

as taught by Pete Nugent and learned by Victor Cuno through Heather Cornel

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook & Ernest ‘Brownie’ Brown                         p.39

some of the Bambalina Combinations figuring in Brenda Bufalino’s

documentary «Greats Feats Of Feet« (1977)

Charles "Cookie" Cook  «Let’s Be Buddies»              p.41

as learned by Victor Cuno through Heather Cornell 

Charles "Cookie" Cook «Military Tap»                      p.41

as learned by Victor Cuno through Heather Cornell

Charles "Cookie" Cook & Jane Goldberg «Ace Tapper»      p.43

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook «Doin' The New Low Down»      p.47

from a German TV-SPECIAL

Charles "Cookie" Cook & Jane Goldberg «Old Man Dance»      p.50

at a convention at the Waldorf Astoria

«Jazz-Waltzclog»                                                                                      p.51

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook  «Rhythm-Buck Steps»                                 p.52

 from a black Show hosted by Harold Nicholas

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook from an Apollo TV-Show              p.52

 

Rhythm-Dance

Charles “Cookie” Cook «Chorus N°1»                      p.54

as learned by Victor Cuno through Heather Cornell

Cookie Cook «Workshop Cologne 1988»                      p.55

as witnessed by Victor Cuno through Cookie’s students 

Cook’s Signature Rhythm Dance

«Strike Up The Band»                                       p.62

as learned by Victor Cuno through Heather Cornell

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook & Jane Goldberg                                         p.67

«Breezing Along With The Breeze»

YouTubeClip «ACE TAPPER JANE GOLDBERG We're All Just Breezing and Swingin»

Cookie Cook «Breezing Along With The Breeze»               p.81

Cookie Cook                                                                                           p.87

From «The Neighbor and other Changing Time»

Cookie Cook                                                                                          p.88

from The Sidney J. Stiber Collection (1980)

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook, Brenda Bufalino, Kevin Ramsey

DOC «The Essentials of Tap Technique»                                                       p.95

Charles ‘Cookie’ Cook «Wave»

From «Great Feats Of Feet»                                                                               p.99

Jane Goldberg «Breezing Along With The Breeze»               p.101

From«ACE TAPPER JANE GOLDBERG We're All Just Breezing and Swingin»

Cook and Brown Career Dates                                p.105 

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