Glover's great grandfather on his mother's side, Dick (King Richard) Lundy, was a shortstop in the Negro Leagues. He managed eleven Negro League baseball teams, including the Newark Eagles. His grandfather, Bill Lewis, was a big band pianist and vocalist.
His grandmother, Anna Lundy Lewis, was the minister of music at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ. She played for Whitney Houston when she was singing in the gospel choir. Anna Lundy Lewis was the one who first noticed Savion's musical talent. She once held him and hummed some rhythms to him, and he smiled and joined along.
Career
Savion states his style is "young and funk." When asked to describe what funk is, he says it is the bass line. "Funk is anything that gets one's head on beat. It is riding with the rhythm. It is a pulse that keeps one rolling with the beat."
Gregory Hines, a tap legend, was one of Glover's tap teachers. Hines stated that "Savion is possibly the best tap dancer that ever lived." Savion likes to start his pieces with some old school moves from famous tappers and then work his way into his own style. Hines says it’s like paying homage to those he respects. When Honi Coles died, Savion performed at his memorial service. He finished his dance with a famous Coles move, a backflip into a split from standing position, then getting up without using one's hands. Savion rarely does this move because it wasn't his style, but he did it because it was Coles' style that Savion wanted to keep alive. "I feel like it's one of my responsibilities to keep the dance alive, to keep it out there, to keep the style."
Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, voice artist, director, writer, and producer.
After working as a standup comic and appearing in small film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film appearances, with roles in Down to Earth (2001), Head of State (2003), the Madagascar film series (2005–2012), Grown Ups (2010), its sequel Grown Ups 2 (2013), and Top Five (2014), and a series of acclaimed comedy specials for HBO. He also developed, wrote, narrated, and executive produced the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009). Rock hosted the 77th Academy Awards in 2005 and will return as host for the 88th ceremony.
He was voted the fifth-greatest stand-up comedian in a poll conducted by Comedy Central. He was also voted in the United Kingdom as the ninth greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the eighth greatest stand-up comic.
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
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Savion Glover
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Savion Glover · Ali LeRoi · Wanda Sykes · Chris Rock
Bigger & Blacker
℗ 1999 SKG Music L.L.C.
Released on: 1999-01-01
Producer: Prince Paul
Composer Lyricist: Chris Rock
Composer Lyricist: Ali LeRoi
Composer Lyricist: Lance Crouther
Composer Lyricist: Wanda Sykes
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published: 24 Jul 2018
LOOK AT ME - OFFICIAL TEASER
LOOK AT ME will premiere at the Venice Film festival on September 9.
Chris Rock and Javier Bardem play opposite each other. Savion Glover taps.
Love wins.
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19 Chris Rock - Table Dance [HQ Audio]
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White Nights, Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines
White Nights, Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines - tap dance. Music: Prove Me Wrong by David Pack
published: 12 Mar 2011
Chris Rock Old Negro Tap Dance
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This is not sped up.
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james brown dancing. with sammy davis jr
james and sammy davis havin fun
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Savion Glover & Marcus Gilmore, Brooklyn, NY 6-14-18
Here are the first 19 minutes of Savion Glover & Marcus Gilmore's performance at the BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech in Brooklyn, NY 6-14-18.
published: 14 Jun 2018
Savion Glover's "Chronology of a Hoofer
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Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album,...
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
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Savion Glover · Ali LeRoi · Wanda Sykes · Chris Rock
Bigger & Blacker
℗ 1999 SKG Music L.L.C.
Released on: 1999...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Savion Glover · Ali LeRoi · Wanda Sykes · Chris Rock
Bigger & Blacker
℗ 1999 SKG Music L.L.C.
Released on: 1999-01-01
Producer: Prince Paul
Composer Lyricist: Chris Rock
Composer Lyricist: Ali LeRoi
Composer Lyricist: Lance Crouther
Composer Lyricist: Wanda Sykes
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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Savion Glover · Ali LeRoi · Wanda Sykes · Chris Rock
Bigger & Blacker
℗ 1999 SKG Music L.L.C.
Released on: 1999-01-01
Producer: Prince Paul
Composer Lyricist: Chris Rock
Composer Lyricist: Ali LeRoi
Composer Lyricist: Lance Crouther
Composer Lyricist: Wanda Sykes
Auto-generated by YouTube.
LOOK AT ME will premiere at the Venice Film festival on September 9.
Chris Rock and Javier Bardem play opposite each other. Savion Glover taps.
Love wins.
Ins...
LOOK AT ME will premiere at the Venice Film festival on September 9.
Chris Rock and Javier Bardem play opposite each other. Savion Glover taps.
Love wins.
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LOOK AT ME will premiere at the Venice Film festival on September 9.
Chris Rock and Javier Bardem play opposite each other. Savion Glover taps.
Love wins.
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Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album,...
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
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The player is Emiliana Guerra for the Fort Lauderdale Lions -
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Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Savion Glover · Ali LeRoi · Wanda Sykes · Chris Rock
Bigger & Blacker
℗ 1999 SKG Music L.L.C.
Released on: 1999-01-01
Producer: Prince Paul
Composer Lyricist: Chris Rock
Composer Lyricist: Ali LeRoi
Composer Lyricist: Lance Crouther
Composer Lyricist: Wanda Sykes
Auto-generated by YouTube.
LOOK AT ME will premiere at the Venice Film festival on September 9.
Chris Rock and Javier Bardem play opposite each other. Savion Glover taps.
Love wins.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sallypotter/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/theSallyPotter
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Nz9H1An7yWpQGRdi0iN9e
Website:
https://sallypotter.com
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships....
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Glover's great grandfather on his mother's side, Dick (King Richard) Lundy, was a shortstop in the Negro Leagues. He managed eleven Negro League baseball teams, including the Newark Eagles. His grandfather, Bill Lewis, was a big band pianist and vocalist.
His grandmother, Anna Lundy Lewis, was the minister of music at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ. She played for Whitney Houston when she was singing in the gospel choir. Anna Lundy Lewis was the one who first noticed Savion's musical talent. She once held him and hummed some rhythms to him, and he smiled and joined along.
Career
Savion states his style is "young and funk." When asked to describe what funk is, he says it is the bass line. "Funk is anything that gets one's head on beat. It is riding with the rhythm. It is a pulse that keeps one rolling with the beat."
Gregory Hines, a tap legend, was one of Glover's tap teachers. Hines stated that "Savion is possibly the best tap dancer that ever lived." Savion likes to start his pieces with some old school moves from famous tappers and then work his way into his own style. Hines says it’s like paying homage to those he respects. When Honi Coles died, Savion performed at his memorial service. He finished his dance with a famous Coles move, a backflip into a split from standing position, then getting up without using one's hands. Savion rarely does this move because it wasn't his style, but he did it because it was Coles' style that Savion wanted to keep alive. "I feel like it's one of my responsibilities to keep the dance alive, to keep it out there, to keep the style."
[Chris Rock] Yo man, R&B sucks! I mean there's a couple of people that can flow but for the most part, the genre sucks Just a bunch of people singin over rap beats Get a old rap record? Sing over it! Now everybody talk about their label, label this, label that, hey Smokey Robinson wasn't singin about Motown! Listen, the Isley Brothers wasn't goin, 'Teaneck in the motherfuckin house!' The Jacksons wasn't singin about Epic because nobody gave a fuck! Hey, it's time for a record! Here goes! [music fades in] Ladies and gentlemen, I am the Bluff Daddy And this is a Black Boy exclusive Black Boy make you jump for joy, Black Boy make you jump for joy Sing! I, like champagne (feels good to my brain baby) Black I, like champagne What you drinkin? (drink it in the rain) I, love champagne Say it (say it once again) I, like champagne Yo baby you got any money? [singer takes over] Nigga I'm broke, and feelin kinda thirsty (too blad) Just smoked a blunt, and, I, feel, the worst way (Black Boy) My baby's father, brought me a case of St. Ide's (did you like it?) I said, 'I don't drink that shit nigga, you better recognize!' (Cristal) [Rock] Would you let the lady finish the song???!!! (big hats) [singer takes over] Now I'm a broke hoe with expensive tastes (you my hoe) I got six ankle chains around my waist (who bought them for you baby) Gotta get my sip on (get your sip on) cause that's my missi-on (you gotta get) Gotta get my champagne on, or I'm gonna get my bitch on (that's right) I, like champagne (feels good to my brain baby) I, like champagne Cristal! (drink it in the rai-ai-in) I, love champagne Say it again (say it once again) I, like champagne (once again) Ladies and gentlemen, Freedom Williams [Freedom Williams] Enter the Dom/e of Perignon, I never been crept upon I'm on the mike and my word is bond (hoo hoo!) I'm the top the pinnacle, the echelon I'm never fallin (c'mon) and beat MC's with a baton The conniseur, I'm gonna do her over dinner (Black Boy make you jump for joy, Black Boy make you jump for joy) I said fine cigars, fresh fish, Alize toast (Black Boy make you jump for joy, Black Boy make you jump for joy) My lifestyle's ghost, when you see true enlightened men To MC's I incite and mend [needle pulls across record and is cut off] [Chris Rock] What? Motherfucker what the fuck? [fight breaks out] [sample of Run-D.M.C. saying "I'm the kiiiiiing" keeps repeating] [Chris Rock] Fuck who the hell are you? "I'm the kiiiiiing" I'm only gonna ask one last time Who the fuck are you? "I'm the kiiiiiing" Stop hitting me! Stop! [machine gun fire] Who da bumba claat? "Ohhh shit" For someone who is a Shaolin Monk your Kung-Fu's really lousy! [explosion, crackling glass] Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangsterdom
ChrisRock in Look At Me... Bardem is like a raggedy caged lion; he is even shown drumming in a cage, while the tap dancer SavionGlover, dressed at one point in Guantánamo orange, kicks up a storm in a neighbouring pen.