No Maps on My Taps

No Maps on My Taps

1978 | 59m | Documentary | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

The indigenous American art of jazz tap dancing is explored in this documentary. Using rare photos and clips from Hollywood films of the 1930s, the careers of Sandman Sims, Chuck Green and Bunny Briggs are highlighted.

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Related Videos

03:52
No Maps On My Taps (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Open, New Lowdown
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Director documentarian George T. Nierenberg opens, introducing his subjects, Howard Sandman Sims, Chuck Green and Bunny Briggs, brought to a Harlem stage by vibraphone legend Lionel Hampton doing only the vocal from his own composition, in No Maps On My Taps, 1978.
03:16
No Maps On My Taps (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Throwin' Money At Bunny
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Joining his main subjects brought together for a reunion show, rehearsing and chatting with musician Lionel Hampton, Howard Sandman Sims, Chuck Green and Bunny Briggs, who discusses things further with two uncles, in director George T. Nierenbergs No Maps On My Taps, 1978.

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