Published on Central Avenue Dance Ensemble (http://www.centralavedance.com)
Poinciana
By somebody
Created 22 Jan 2008 - 1:03pm

Herb Jeffries at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, May 1989. Backed by the George Bruno sextet, local PBS broadcast.  As a bit of background, Herb Jeffries was discovered by Duke Ellington.  He sang the famous "Flamingo [1]" number.  A "Soundie" was made from this song which features one of the first filmed performances of choreography by Katherine Dunham (this sequence features Tally Beatty and Janet Collins dancing).


Source URL: http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3947

Links:
[1] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3912