Ernest “Brownie” Brown

Ernest "Brownie" Brown has been tap dancing for over seventy years.

He was half of the celebrated Vaudeville duo Cook and Brown. During the 30’s and 40’s, Cook & Brown headlined atNew York’s Roxy, Radio City Music Hall, the Cotton Club, at London’s Palladium and the Latin Casino in Paris. Broadway veteran of “Kiss me Kate”. Brownie was one of the founding members of the original “Copasetics”, an elite tap company that was formed in the memory of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

He also performed during the Big Band era with Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

He is a recepient of the Flo-Bert an the Hoofer’s Award in New York, the Living Treasury Award in Oklahoma City and the St. Louis Hoofer’s Award.

Currently, Mr. Brown dances with his partner and protégée Reggio “The Hoofer” McLaughlin; they appear on a tap documentary called “JUBA – Masters of Tap”.

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