Newport Jazz Festival 1973 Baby Laurence Baby Laurence performer McPhee, John performer Brown, James "Buster" performer Baby Laurence (Jackson) performer Green, Charles "Chuck" performer Festival 1973-07-02 Wollman Skating Rink June 29-July 8, 1973. 64 concerts, estimated 1,000 performers, several venues including Carnegie Hall, Philharmonic Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Radio City Music Hall. (July 2, 1973) in Wollman Rink, Baby Laurence brought on his troupe of tap dancers John T. McPhee, Buster Brown, L.D. Jackson, and Chuck Green, accompanied by Jo Jones (drums) and Milt Buckner (organ). Laurence gave a breathtaking performance, full of galloping offbeats and lightning sweeps across the stage, but it was too bad he and Jones didn't exchange breaks. There is nothing more exhilarating than drummers and tap dancers attempting to outwit each other, and Jones has a genius for such badinage. There was also a performance by Charles Mingus new quintet of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" "Fables of Faubus" and "Pithecanthropus Erectus" proving that his melodies, so original and lyrical and stark, shouldn't be entrusted to the weak in spirit. (July 6, 1973) Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Balliett, Whitney: Collected Works : A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000. St. MartinÕs Press (2000). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Charles "Chuck" Green (biography) loc.music.tdabio.102 James "Buster" Brown (biography) loc.music.tdabio.30 "Baby" Laurence Jackson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.109 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1157