"Baby" Laurence Dance Master Baby Laurence performer Sound Recording 1976 Herb Abromson, prod. Festival Records, released Recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released in 1974, The first recorded album of the jazz tap dancer Baby Laurence Jackson (1921-1974), with Paul Quinichette (sax), Al Hall (bass), Nat Pierce (piano), Skeeter Best (guitar) and Osie Johnson (drums), with liner notes written by Nat Hentoff (written in 1961). Musical numbers include "Baby at Birdland" "The Sand" "Buck Dance" "Mall March" and "Concerto in Taps" all recorded 1/7/1959 at Bell Sound Studio; and "Whispering" "Delilah's Theme" "Baby's Walking Blues" "Moose the Mooche" "Lullaby of the Leaves" and "Ornithology" recorded 2/11/1960 at Bell Sound Studio with Bobby Jasper (flute) and tenor saxophone), Arvel Shaw (bass), Roland Hanna (piano), and Gerard "Dave" Pochonet (drums). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html "Baby" Laurence Jackson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.109 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.699