A – Hurston, Zora Neale. “Color Struck: A Play in Four Scenes.” FIRE!! A Quarterly Dedicated to Younger Negro Artists. Volume 1 Issue 1. New York: The Fire Press, 1926. 7-14. Online at <https://issuu.com/poczineproject> Accessed 3/15/19. (8 pages)
A – Hurston, Zora Neale. “Color Struck: A Play in Four Scenes.” FIRE!! A Quarterly Dedicated to Younger Negro Artists. Volume 1 Issue 1. New York: The Fire Press, 1926. 7-14. Online at <https://issuu.com/poczineproject> Accessed 3/15/19. (8 pages)
II. Listen [Total listen time – 11 minutes and 55 seconds]:
B. “Just Because She Made Dem Goo Goo Eyes (1900)”[4:55]. Posted by Sheet Music Singer. July 6, 2018. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpPaTZnNk0w> Accessed 10.4.19.
C. “Manuel Romaine. ‘Daises Won’t Tell’ Edison Standard Record 10399 (1910)” [2:03]. Posted by Tim Gracyk. Sep. 13, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8VPVX0nos> Accessed 10.4.19.
D. “‘La Pas Ma La’ by Ernest Hogan (1895, Ragtime piano)” [2:22]. Posted by Ragtimedorianhenry. Nov. 10, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu_7l52LF4> Accessed 10.4.19.
E. “Miles & Bob Pratcher: ‘I’m Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die’ (1959)” [2:35]. Posted by Alan Lomax Archives. Jan. 26, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7fbrwQwc7E> Accessed 10.4.19.
II. Watch [Please note that you will need your BC login credentials to access the library database and Kanopy. Total Watch Time: 103 -108 minutes]:
Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles [Total watch time – 8 minutes 40 seconds]
F. “Al Perryman as Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker.” (1:15). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company. via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.
G. “Leon Johnson as Master Juba.” (1:35). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company. via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.
H. “The Cakewalk.” (1:56). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company. via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.
I. “Lindy Hop.” (3:59). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company. via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.
The Call of the Jitterbug [Total watch time 36 minutes and 32 seconds]
J. “Lindy Hop or Jitterbug” (8:25). The Call of the Jitterbug. produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins
K. “Passing it On.” (7:55). The Call of the Jitterbug. produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins
L. “Rhythms.” (7:08). The Call of the Jitterbug. produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins
M. “A Joyful Legacy.” (13:04). The Call of the Jitterbug. produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 minsDance in Video. March 14, 2019.
N. No Maps on My Taps (1979) Film. Available via Kanopy. 58 minutes.
OPTIONAL
Hurston, Zora Neale. “Characteristics of Negro Expression” (1934) in The Sanctified Church, Turtle Island, Berkeley, 1981. 49-68. Found on http://www.ypsilonediteur.com. Accessed 3/15/19. Pdf available here: “Characteristics of Negro Expression” by Zora Neale Hurston. (20 pages)