The Tap Page (tap dance interpretation of frank zappa's "the black page")

[pfalconer]

Superb!

[tarzappa]

loved it....great job!

[sludgefingers]

She missed a 32nd note rest in the quintuplet at 1:32 - epic fail :-(.

[gleonard9]

@sludgefingers stop that. ;^]

[74choppzilla]

this is awesome!

[russxdrums]

Fantastic!!!



[MrSIMSFreak1]

really cool! but the arms ..

[gleonard9]

@MrSIMSFreak1 there's no weapons in this video, whatchoo talkin bout willis?! hahah.

[MrSIMSFreak1]

@gleonard9 weapons? i just meant the arms distracted me a bit lol

[gleonard9]

@MrSIMSFreak1 heheh. all good. she's clicking finger cymbals, btw.

[MrSIMSFreak1]

@gleonard9 ahhhh!!!! makes sense now :) its awesome

[eddiearzanian]

What a stunning performance. Remember the "and now: with the feet" part of "Approximate" on the "Helsinki Concert" album? What if the Mothers had been a tap dancing group way back then? One can only dream...

[gleonard9]

@eddiearzanian thanks. yes, fz always said "if you can't play it - sing it. if you can't sing it - dance it." he knew it was all music.

"and now with the feet" is a fave part! :^)

btw, if you're anywhere near the pac nw, we perform this with ike willis as pojama people.

[squanto2]

Beautiful!!! Thank You!!!

[EXPERIMENTALMAN]

great

[josev4444]

BRILLIANT!!!! You should perform it also with the music and drums

Zappa will be proud!!!!

[thingfish333]

amazing



[felipecotti]

Superb. I'll never listen to the Dance Contests in FZ's shows the same way again.

[nirvana1139]

great!!!

[dweezilzappaworld]

Very nice! I appreciate your effort to put this together.

DZ

[007Pogo]

ill tap that :D

[fhemmer209]

@gleonard9. Terry does a lot of drum clinics and that would be perfect. He seems like a nice guy. Hopefully it work out for you. If you ever get to St. Petersburg look up Bogus Pomp. They did Black Page last night.

[fhemmer209]

Wow, way cool. She should do this with Bozzio.

[gleonard9]

@fhemmer209

thank you. terry bozzio has seen & approved of this video. we met him in seattle last year where he expressed interest in having this performed at a drum fest in the future. we're thrilled!

[gleonard9]

@gleonard9

yep, know bogus pomp well. they hit it on the head.

[randissimo]

Would love to hear the music with this.. Very nice!

[BeefPies]

Fantastic!! Wow! I'm speechless. That was genuinely beautiful.

[plasticjesus108]

SIMPLY AWESOME. VERY NICE.

[strav12]

Absolutely fucking amazing! Brilliant - totally brilliant!

[Zappafantrust]

This was the most gorgeous and yet bizarre moment I have ever seen (I mean that completely positive).

I´m totally BLOWN AWAY!

[gleonard9]

@Zappafantrust

that's the idea. :^)

[Stevemc90]

OH. MY. GOD.

I am absolutely floored; most musicians can't even perform those nested polyrhythms right, let alone a DANCER!

Frank would have ADORED you!

God bless you!!!

(P.S. Maybe you can tackle Approximate or Be-Bop Tango, two tunes that Frank asked be accompanied by dance?)

[olvator]

this is so great!!! I am absolutely sure that Frank Zappa would have invited you on stage to perform this with him...he would have been so happy to see this....OUTSTANDING!

this is what real art is about. interdisciplinary genius! Thank you for posting!

[GreggaryPeccary]

I didn't realise she was using castagnets at first. Frank would be rolling on the floor, I swear

[GreggaryPeccary]

Wooooow.....

[makeajazznoise]

bravo!

[peterlr]

Wow, and she didn't need a $1,000,000 drum kit to execute it either. Who would of thought!

[SteveSparx]

well done

[brooonelly]

WOOOOOOOOOTY!!!!

[Toquenook]

Love this! Howz about Alli taps "Manx Needs Women" or "Dance of the Just Plain Folks"? I could watch an entire evening of her tapping.

[gleonard9]

i had the pleasure of witnessing fz & bianca dancing to "manx needs women." that show has now just been released -- philly 10/29/76! my first-ever fz show!

[timosberrera]

I saw the show at Dante's (Portland) last night.  This was amazing live, and glad to see it here too. More Alli clips needed!

[prestonparish]

brilliant. great arrangement! "now with the feet!"

[pularu]

Great timing and very tasty

[Ron28]

Absolutely brilliant !!

Using castagnettes as a hi-hat, again Brilliant !!

[12cmf]

Go Alli!

[laletemelgarete]

chido..she must be at Zappanale next year!!

[zepoe]

Great!!

[JerryOutlaw]

WOW!! Very cool!!

[mumbolina]

you were right to marry this mental patient Glen.

Fuckin' great Alli.

[kahlil23]

uh, you missed that one note in that part that goes "da da da taaaa ttaahh da dad ad da dadad dadda daaad." but it was a nice try none the less.. seriously though, it was awesome.

[blackpage555]

Unreal! Thanks Alli, that was great.