Swing 46 Tap Jams begins August 1997 Brown, James "Buster" performer Goodman, Laraine performer Social Event 1997-08-31 Hank Smith says that Swing 46 tap Jams hosted by Buster Brown began in late August of 1997. And that the tap jams were prompted by Laraine Goodman who began the "jam" concept by putting out a tap mat outside her apartment in the Lower East Side and called it "Club 124" the number of her apartment house. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html James "Buster" Brown (biography) loc.music.tdabio.30 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2204