Charles “Honi” Coles
tap dancer
American tap dancer of the swing era, of the team Coles and Atkins; in the sources he comes up only in a 1998 tap-dance interview with Barry, whose questions cite his views on bebop and tap.
- mentions
- 3
- recordings
- 1
- Barry speaking
- 0
What Barry says
The interviewer puts to Barry an idea she credits to Coles, which the translated caption renders, muddled, as bebop being like a bass player. Barry says he thinks it is true: when he plays with the tap dancer Jimmy Slyde, it is like playing with a bass player.
Every mention
3 moments in the recordings, 0 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Interview: tap dance and bebop
- 38:18
Interviewer
The interviewer, read in Portuguese translation, asks whether Coles was right about bebop and the bass; Barry agrees.
- 28:05
Interviewer
Her introduction wonders whether, as Coles said, constant rhythmic change shaped bop and not the reverse.
- 28:05
Someone else
The Brazilian podcast host tells listeners which Coles is meant: the Coles of Coles and Atkins.