In 1990 he was a resident artist at the Colorado Dance Festival and Boston Great Tap Reunion. He was an active teacher, choreographer and a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Brown was also a featured artist in several tap dance documentaries, including Fancy Feet and Great Feats of Feet.
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Other career highlights include the Apollo Theater, soloist with the Cab Calloway Orchestra, United States Information Agency tours, appearing in the film The Cotton Club (dance sequence with Gregory Hines), and TV spots on many shows including the PBS special The Gershwin Gala. Brown enjoyed a career that spanned seven decades from touring the vaudeville circuits to guest appearances in the Broadway hit revue “Black and Blue.” Prompting tap’s return to the Broadway stage, Brown was also a member of the Copasetic’s (credited with what is know as the Tap Renaissance) in the ’70s. The rise of rock ’n’ roll put a damper on jazz, and tap had to survive underground. He formed the troupe Three Aces, later named Three Speed Kings, which performed in variety shows at nightclubs and was known for very fast tapping or “flash dancing.”Īround the time of World War II, swing was king and Brown toured with Big Band legends Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. Buster Brown had a sweetheart named Mary Jane, so the Brown Shoe Company also bought licensing rights for Mary Jane for their line of. Bush paid Outcault 200 for licensing rights to use the Buster Brown name and image on children’s shoes. Brown and friends would attend shows in local theaters and try to work out the steps later. Bush realized that connecting the Buster Brown character and the Brown Shoe Company could be a hit. There were no teachers then learning to dance was a matter of teaching yourself.
He was a Black Tap dancer and entertainer.įrom Baltimore, MD James "Buster" Brown’s career started in high school when tap, vaudeville and dances like the Charleston were popular. "Buster" Brown’s birth in 1913 is marked on this date.
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