Buck amp J Bubbles

Bubbles formed a partnership with Ford L. Buck in "Buck and Bubbles" , with Buck playing piano and singing while Bubbles tapped, beginning in 1919. The two appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. Sublett is known as the father of "rhythm tap", a form of tap dance. As opposed to the tap dancing of Bill Robinson (Bojangles) who emphasized clean phrases and toe taps, Sublett brought in percussive heel stomps and played with the traditional eight-bar phrase, slowing it down to allow for more rhythmic freedom. He thus merged the art of tap dancing with the new improvisitory style of jazz, reinventing the tap artform

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