Lindy Hop Biographies: Al Minns

SAVOYSTYLE SHOP Vintage Videos Instructional Videos Frankie Manning CD Norma Miller Book "Can't Top" Videos BIOGRAPHIES *First Generation:* Shorty George Leroy Stretch Jone Twistmouth George The *Golden Age:* Whitey's Lindy Hprs. Sandra Gibson George Grenidge Leon James Ann Johnson	Al Minns View QuickTime sample from The Spirit Moves. Learn about free QuickTime One of the great dancers of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Al Minns was an energetic dancer with a wild, crazy-leg style reminiscent of "Long-Legged George" Grenidge. Minns was in Whitey's top group, known as The Harlem Congaroos and apppeared in the feature film Hellzapoppin' and in the popular soundie Hot Chocolates. As the youngest dancer in this group, he was particularly fit and flexible. On the initial backstep of his swingout, he formed a striking horizontal plane.
Dorothy Johnson Norma Miller Al Minns Frankie Manning Mildred Pollard Billy Ricker Willa Mae Ricker Russell Williams MOVIES After Seben The Big Apple		Films Big Apple (aka Jittering Jitterbugs) (1937) Hellzapoppin' (1941) Hot Chocolates(1941) The Spirit Moves (c.1950) Jazz Dance (1961)
Call Of The Jitterbug Can't Top the Lindy H Cootie Williams Cottontail Day At The Races	Minns continued to perform Lindy Hop and jazz dance with James thru the fifties and sixties. They both feature prominently in Mura Dehn's The Spirit Moves, in solo and duet performance. They performed in nightclubs, worked the college campus circuit with Marshall Stearns, and also made a number of TV appearances.
Chicago & All That Jazz Frankie Manning Instructional Videos Hellzapoppin' Hot Chocolates Jammin'the Blues Jittering Jitterbugs Killer Diller Malcolm X Manhattan Merry-Go-Round Outline Jitterbug Hist Radio City Revels The Spirit Moves Stompin' at the Savoy Swing Kids Swingin'at the Savoy Symphony in Black SAVOYSTYLE SHOP Vintage Videos Instructional Videos Frankie Manning CD Norma Miller Book "Can't Top" Videos	View QuickTime sample Learn about QuickTime

	Written and researched by Judy Pritchett with Frankie Manning (C)1995,1996,1997.May be reproduced only with explicit written permission. Last updated:1 September 1997. Send your suggestions, corrections or comments to judyp@mcn.org This Archive is also part of the World Lindy Hop Federation Archives maintained by Keith Hughes.