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Alphabetical Jazz Steps – Edition 3 (2017) with Chester Whitmore

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After the first edition from 2009 with 37 solo jazz steps and the second revised edition from 2012 with 84 steps, Stuart Collins and his friends created a new clip with the help of Mister Chester Whitmore himself.

Here's the new clip: 68 steps with a lot of additional comments and insight from Chester.

Click on the timestamp to jump to a step:

30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: That Move That Eludes You

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Every Friday for thirty weeks, I will write about a topic from the list of the
«30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge«.

Last week we started with moves, here is another one.

Week #19: Jazz Steps Challenge Me

Well, this is not that easy to answer.

Basically, I can learn and execute all of the steps, but sometimes, it needs me a lot of effort to memorize how to start them. Two examples:

  • Camel Walks
  • Squat Charleston

If you feel the same, then here is a nice reference. I don't judge on the execution of the various steps in this video, since all of them are done in all kind of variations.

Alphabetical Jazz Steps

This is the bigger and longer version of the original clip from 2009.


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