[touch me i'm sick]

do you?

[sonicl]

I used to, but I kept falling in the sink.

[touch me i'm sick]

hmm yes it happens.... how long did you dance for

[EMMAh]

I did
I was pretty good too, only I didn't enjoy doing it so I stopped.
Every once and a while I'll tap dance a bit.

[Savage Clone]

These three ladies tap dance as openers for many a rock show in town here.
I give you the Shim Sham Shufflers.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=117 55591

 

[raging_nelly]

There is a band called Tilly And The Wall, they have a tap dancer instead of a drummer I think... check them out!

[m^a(t)h]

james iha used to tap dance on stage...

[sonicl]

Originally Posted by sonicl

I used to, but I kept falling in the sink.

Originally Posted by touch me i'm sick

hmm yes it happens.... how long did you dance for

C'mon, it's a terrible old music hall joke. Let's not try to pretend otherwise.



Derek Bailey released a CD from when he performed with a tap dancer, didn't he, improvising to the guy's taps.

[porkmarras]

On feet like these:

 

[Savage Clone]

Flip Flops?
et tu, porky?

NOOOOO!

[porkmarras]

Nah i meant that i tap dance on the feet of someone who wears that type of abhorrent footwear.

[Savage Clone]

Dodged a bullet there.

[porkmarras]

Should i get that Mother Gong album then?I didnt know that they were in any way related to Gong themselves.Two quid is not a lot of money,is it?

[Savage Clone]

No, it's not, but I have some Mother Gong and it's not so hot.
Maybe you will get lucky though.
I would spend the extra money and get Gong's "You."

[sonicl]

The tap dancer who Derek Bailey peformed with was Will Gaines. There is an album called Rappin' and Tappin' on Incus, reviewed like this by Volcanic Tongue:

Will Gaines & Derek Bailey
Rappin & Tappin
Incus CD55

Rappin & Tappin is an inspired and rewarding set, joining the dots between two improvising talents who manoeuvred their way to freedom from the heart of dancebands (Gaines was a member of Cab Calloway’s Cotton Club Revue and opened for people like Eartha Kitt, Nat ‘King’ Cole and Sammy Davis Jr) and further expanding Bailey’s radical concept of totally free improvisation by way of his sonic responses to the unlikely raw material of Gaines’s percussive codes. The first few tracks feature Gaines alone, moving from bombastic two-foot build-ups that almost sound progressive to beating out trap patterns straight out of Art Blakey’s songbook. Alongside the tapping, Gaines reminisces about his time working with various jazz musicians in clubs and the combination of rhythm demonstrations and oral testimony means this part of the disc lines up nicely with Baby Dodds’ Talking And Drum Solos set. However, it’s the second half of this live recording that’s the real gravy, with Bailey playing an amplified acoustic with a pedal, accompanying Gaines’ dancing with warped metal wows, ramping chords and delicate – almost swinging – patterns. It’s always weirdly illuminating to hear Bailey working with a percussionist who plays time, and there are points here where Gaines’ footsteps sounds like Han Bennink’s floor work, while at others it sounds most like the rain on Bailey and Min Tanaka’s great Music And Dance recording. Either way, this is a consistent dazzler.

(I've edited this because I think the Volcanic Tongue review is better than the one from The Guardian that I originally posted)

There is apparently footage of the two of them HERE. I say apparently because there is a firewall between me and the relevant site.

[porkmarras]

hmm.....i have a lot of stuff that still needs proper listening and it's sitting at home but i'm hopeless when it comes to record buying.I'd rather go without food.

[m^a(t)h]

Originally Posted by sonicl

The tap dancer who Derek Bailey peformed with was Will Gaines. There is an album called Rappin' and Tappin' on Incus, reviewed like this in The Guardian:

British-resident American tapdancer Will Gaines, a legendary Harlem hoofer from the swing era, celebrated his 75th birthday recently, in the company of musicians from all over the jazz spectrum.

Most bizarrely, the extraordinary Gaines loves working with the free-improvising guitar pioneer Derek Bailey, and this 1994 live recording in Holland catches the dancer's quicksilver footwork, percussive variety, uncanny ability to suggest familiar tunes, and strange symbiosis with Bailey.

Gaines taps while chattering animatedly on about Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly and the 1940s entertainment business for the first half of the set, and duets with Bailey's abstract metallic snaps, stealthy strummings and sliding dissonances for the second.

As if hypnotised by Gaines's inventiveness, Bailey sounds more conventionally swinging than usual, though maybe it's the dancer's ability to turn every sound he hears into swing. Gaines is also startlingly atmospheric in minimalist, slow-moving settings such as Glidin', quickly intensifying them with his airy energy. Bizarrely irresistible.

There is apparently footage of the two of them HERE. I say apparently because there is a firewall between me and the relevant site.

i would love to hear that...........

[Savage Clone]

If it's the first Mother Gong LP, which is actually called "Mother" and is billed as being by Gilli Smyth as opposed to Mother Gong per se, that one is pretty good. The rest is dodgy, but occasionally cool.
The lowdown on Mother Gong:
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/maze/blu...thergong.shtml

Apologies to tapdance enthusiasts worldwide for the thread hijack.

[m^a(t)h]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

If it's the first Mother Gong LP, which is actually called "Mother" and is billed as being by Gilli Smyth as opposed to Mother Gong per se, that one is pretty good. The rest is dodgy, but occasionally cool.
The lowdown on Mother Gong:
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/maze/blu...thergong.shtml

Apologies to tapdance enthusiasts worldwide for the thread hijack.

fuck mothergong

[porkmarras]

it's this one.Should i risk it?