Lesson 16: Suzy Q
Jazz Steps I: The Essentials
Susie Q, Suzie Q or Suzy-Q a vernacular black dance step, with a shuffling and sliding (as well performed in tap) that was introduced at the Cotton Club in 1936. The origin of the name "Suzie Q" is uncertain. There is a the reference to the name in the 1936 song Doin' the Suzie-Q by Lil Hardin Armstrong You can see Suzie Q performed by Al Minns, Pepsi Bethel, Leon James, Ester Washington, Sandra Gibson in The Spirit Moves film on 4 min 50 sec: (video)
Susie Q, Suzie Q or Suzy-Q a vernacular black dance step, with a shuffling and sliding (as well performed in tap) that was introduced at the Cotton Club in 1936. The origin of the name "Suzie Q" is uncertain. There is a the reference to the name in the 1936 song Doin' the Suzie-Q by Lil Hardin Armstrong You can see Suzie Q performed by Al Minns, Pepsi Bethel, Leon James, Ester Washington, Sandra Gibson in The Spirit Moves film on 4 min 50 sec: (video)
