Interview with James Buster Brown Brown, James "Buster" performer Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Gaines, Leslie "Bubba" performer Coles, Charles "Honi" performer Edwards Sisters performer Whitman, Alice performer Sound Recording 1997-02-08 3 sound cassettes. Dianne Walker interviewer. Funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance. Brown talks on relationships between black and white musicians; then describes social dancing at the New York City's Savoy Ballroom and Baltimore's Goodhope Hall; various dancers and their acts, including Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Carnell Lyons, Bubba Gaines, and Honi Coles; compares the dancing of Baby Laurence to Teddy Hale, the Hoofers to the Copasetics; discusses women tap dancers, including Louise Madison, The Edward Sisters and Alice Whitman (of the Whitman Sisters); dancing with Beige and Brown; integrating paddle and roll into his own act; his partnership with Teddy Hale and Leon Collins; his friendship with Collins; performing a solo act; and the history of the Copasetics Club. Cassette 3 - recorded February 8, 1997. Mr. Brown discusses filming the documentary "Great Feats of Feet;" teaching tap dancing; the dancing and musicality of Charles "Cookie" Cook; the decline and subsequent revival of tap dancing's popularity; touring Africa for the State Department; touring to Berlin; performing with Duke Ellington; performing at the Apollo Theatre in New York; his mother's enduring influence on his character; the death of his son Ricky; his admiration for Savion Glover's dancing; dancing the Charleston as a young performer; and his most embarrassing moment in show business. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Leslie "Bubba" Gaines (biography) loc.music.tdabio.94 Charles "Honi" Coles (biography) loc.music.tdabio.43 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.154 James "Buster" Brown (biography) loc.music.tdabio.30 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.546