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The Cotton Club: Blackberries of 1930 / Cora LaRedd [theatrical performance]
- Title
- The Cotton Club: Blackberries of 1930 [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- LaRedd, Cora
- Dixon, Mildred
- Washington, Isabel
- Berry Brothers
- Berry, Ananias
- Berry, James
- Berry, Warren
- he Three Ebony Steppers
- Published/Created
- 1930-03-02
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Cotton Club
- Abstract
- This first Sunday in March saw the Cotton Club premiere a new revue with "Specially Restricted Music by Duke Ellington" Lyrics by Irving Mills" as the ads proclaimed. Performers included Cora LaRedd (a much admired Cotton Club dancer known for her buck and eccentric dancing), Isabel Washington (who appeared in 1929 film, St. Louis Blues with Bessie Smith and Jimmy Mordecai), Clarence Robinson (who choreographed), the Berry Brothers, the Three Ebony Steppers, and dancer Henri Wessels. First Show (12:15 A.M.) featured the Three Ebony Steppers (Lightning-like Leg Work), and Clarence Robinson in a Specialty Dance, with a finale titled "Cotton Club Minstrels" billed as an old fashioned novelty in a smart new setting with Clarence Robinson (Interlocutor), the Berry Brothers (End Men), and Cora Le Redd and Isabel Washington (as Personality Girls). the Second Show (2:00 a.m.) featured Cora LaRedd and Ensemble in "Crazy Walk" ; Clarence Robinson and Isabel Washington in "You're the Reason Why I Fell in Love"; the Berry Brothers, "Cuttin' Capers"; and Cora LaRedd (Dusky Dynamo) and Heni Wessel (Dance Variations).
- Source
- Strattemann, Klaus: Duke Ellington: Day by Day, Film by Film. Copenhagen: Jazz Media (1992).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015