A Tribute to Tap Master Jimmy Slyde Slyde, Jimmy (Godbolt) performer Concert 1993-11-07 Miller Theater, Columbia University Jimmy Slyde was honored in a concert hosted by Gregory Hines, who said, "To see him dance is to know him." Sally Sommer, in her Village Voice review of the concert (Village Voice 12/7/1993) described Slyde as an ice skater: "A dancer of delicate touch, he make you lean forward, into his taps... Buster Brown, nobody exactly copies a master. Yet his lightning quickness, his slides, the way he plays at the edge of balance seem to have fathered two expressive trends: One goes toward light-footedness, a melodic musicianship; the other toward athletic daring." The concert included dancers Lon Chaney (known as the King of paddle and roll), Chuck Green, Sarah Petronio, Herbin van Cayseele, Roxane Semadeni, Leela Petronio, Barbara Duffy, and Daniel B. Wooten and Omar A. Edwards (a/k/a "Toe Jam"), and finally, Savion Glover. 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 Jimmy Slyde (biography) loc.music.tdabio.169 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.891