Alphabetical Jazz Steps 2 (Bigger & Longer)

Vocabulary of 84 American vernacular jazz solo movements

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0:10
Apple Jacks
Black Bottom
Boogie Back
Boogie Drop (Long)
Boogie Drop (Short)

0:42
Boogie Forward
Boogie Step
Box Step
Break (Basic Shim Sham)
Break (Full/TOBA)

1:17
Break (Half)
Break (Quarter)
Break-a-leg
Cakewalk
Camel Walk

1:52
Camel Walk (backward)
Cartwheel
Cartwheel (Skye)
Charleston (20s)
Charleston (Jump)

2:31
Charleston (Squat)
Charleston (standard)
Charleston (Sweep)
Charleston (vanilla)
Cool Breeze

3:15
Crazy legs
Cross Kicks
Crossovers
Drunken Sailor
Eagle Slide

3:47
Fall off the Log
Fishtails
Gaze Afar
Grinds
Hallelujah

4:23
Heels
Hitch Hiker
Itches
Jig Walks
Knee Slaps

5:00
Lockstep (front)
Lockstep (back)
Lockstep (double)
Lowdown
Lowdown (Kerry)

5:26
Mess Around
Mooch
Naomi Skank
Opposites
Paddle Turn

6:02
Pecks
Pushes
Ride the Pony
Rocks
Rusty Dusty

6:40
Sailor Kicks
Savoy Kicks
Scarecrow
Scissor Kicks
Shim Sham Step

7:26
Shimmy
Shish-ka-boom-ba
Shoe Shine
Short George
Shorty George (One Legged)

8:00
Skate
Skip up
Slip slops
Spank the baby
Stomp offs

8:35
Struttin'
Struttin' (inside turn)
Suzie Q
Tabby the Cat
Tack Annie

9:07
Tack Annie (Al & Leon)
TicTocs
Toe Heel
Triple Step (side-to-side)
Triple Step (front-to-front)

9:40
Triple Step (front-to-side)
Triple Step (side-to-front)
Truckin'
Turkey Trots


Intended to be a quick reference of name to the vanilla movement. Variations are part of this dance - whats in this video is not the only way to do these steps.

Recorded at LaB of Philadelphia! Stuart Collins, Jesse Braxton & Sandra Morrow demonstrating after Philly's Tuesday dance at LaB. www.lindyandblues.com