Irish Hand Tap Dancing? We Speak No Americano ft. Cleary & Harding

Posted on May 4th, 2011 in International by Terrence Taps

What a cool video and the song is quite enjoyable too! Amazing what you can do with enough practice. This fast song is perfect for a tap dancer.

Tap Dance Music, Books & Video!

TapDanceMan.com is a great place to get tap dance music, books, or tap dance videos.

I recently expanded the Store creating a great one stop resource for all things relating to tap!

I hope you find it helpful! If you would like to recommend any additional tap dance product, please post it to the comments section below or email me at Taps [at] TapDanceMan [dot] com.

Tap Dance Music From Class

Posted on January 10th, 2008 in Dance & DJ,International,Jazz,Latin Music,Pop,R & B,Rock by Terrence Taps

My latest session of adult tap classes has just begun so I have decided to feature the tap dance music that we are using in those classes here!

You can click the image to purchase from Amazon.com or use one of these great tap dance music sources!

In the beginner’s class our warm up is set to “It Had To Be You” by Steve Tyrell. The arrangement is very open and the bass walk’s on the downbeat, making it easier to dance on when you are just starting out. This CD also features many other great jazz standards for tap dancing!

In the intermediate class, we are developing a piece around Herb Alpert’s title track, Rise. It’s a very groovy, funky piece of music for tap dancing!

In the Wednesday night intermediate class we spent some time last night working on my Paddle warmup to the song “Come on Closer” on Jem’s “Finally Woken” album. This Cd has lots of good music for tap dancers.

Finally, in my advanced adult class, we are developing a piece of choreography to an arrangement of “La Petite Mambo” on Kenny Burrell’s, ‘Soulero’ album.

For my students, I definitely recommend picking these up for practice! For those who are not students, I still recommend experimenting with these pieces some!

Bajofondo Tango Club

Posted on November 30th, 2007 in Dance & DJ,International,Latin Music by Terrence Taps


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Another interesting cross-genre fusion that provides some very interesting audioscapes for tap dancers. This CD is essentially a remix of Latin music traditionally used for Tango. Standout tracks include: ‘Montserrat’, ‘Los Tangueros’, & ‘Duro Y Parejo’

The Verve Remixed

Posted on November 27th, 2007 in Dance & DJ,International,Jazz by Terrence Taps

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When it comes to contemporary tap dance songs, it’s hard to beat “Verve Remixed”. So far, there are three volumes in this series, though the 1st stands out as the most “tap-ready.”This CD features tracks created by some of todays hottest Dance/Electronica DJ’s when they were allowed to sample classes jazz standards and remix them to create new club favorites.Standout tracks include: Who Needs Forever?, Return to Paradise, See-Line Woman, and Hare Krishna