The Cotton Club: Duke Ellington's "Springbirds" Revue Berry Brothers performer Berry, Ananias performer Berry, James performer Five Dancing Blazes performer Five Hot Shots performer Hot Feet performer Cotton Club Girls performer Theatrical Performance 1929-03 Cotton Club March 1929. Music by Duke Ellington and his Recording Artists. Two distinctly different Shows Nightly at the Cotton Club: first show at 12:15 A.M. included the Opening number, "Flock O' Feathers" featuring Josephine Hall, the Five Dancing Blazers and Ensemble, presenting a spectacular array of Birds of the rarest plumage; "Hot Feet" with Becket & Mason, Louis Coles & Ensemble, Sizzling Hot! (the fastest, snappiest presentation in clubdom); the Berry Brothers (Specialty: two dancing marvels with a cane); and the Five Dancing Blazers ("Just a truckload of dance-mad boys). the second show at 2:15 A.M. featured the Berry Brothers (Specialty: Two dancing marvels with a cane); and The Five Blazes (A Terpsichore Riot!). Klaus Strattemann claims that it is the Five Hot Shots who performed with Ellington in this revue are believed to be the "Five Blazes." Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Strattemann, Klaus: Duke Ellington: Day by Day, Film by Film. Copenhagen: Jazz Media (1992). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Cotton Club Girls (biography) loc.music.tdabio.61 Berry Brothers (biography) loc.music.tdabio.23 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.132