Will Gaines

Will started his illustrious career at Cab Calloways legendary Cotton Club. The worlds greatest living Jazz Hoofer has performed everywhere from Playschool and Top of the Pops to Covent Garden and Central Park, working with all the greats of Jazz along the way, including Ellington, Basie and Dizzy Gillespie. His show is interlaced with humourous anecdotes from a career the rest of us can only dream of - a thrill to see.

http://www.ukjtd.force9.co.uk/JazzTapUK/willg.htm is a webpage with video downloads where we found this old poster from the Bear Tavern.

Artist Dick Jones made a series of drawings of Will dancing at the Bear Tavern.

Below Will is perfoming at Corks Club, with Ray Butcher on Trumpet. The stacked up chairs enable him to tap faster. The top picture (left) was taken at the Bear Tavern