To all dancers, dance enthusiasts and tap dancers, join us in celebrating the Birthday of Baby Laurence Jackson today 02/20/1921.
A Tap Master and National Treasure. Started his performing career at age 12 with McKinney’s Cotton Pickers as a Soprano singer.
Later on, in NYC he started frequenting the Hoofers Club, he became Teddy Hales main rival.
Bunny Briggs once saidĀ I saw a fellow dance and his feet never touched the floor.
The clip is of Baby LaurenceĀ performing at An Afternoon in Percussion. Baltimore, Maryland 1972.