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Name
  
Al Leon

Population
  
4.849 million (2014)

Abbreviation
  
AL

Capital
  
Montgomery

Role
  
US State


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Neighbouring states
  
Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi

Colleges and Universities
  
University of Alabama

Destinations
  
Birmingham, Mobile, Gulf Shores, Huntsville, Montgomery

Points of interest
  
Battleship Memorial Park, US Space & Rocket Center, Gulf State Park, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, McWane Science Center

Al & Leon were a prominent American Lindy Hop and jazz dance duo. The two members were Al Minns and Leon James. They were most famous for their film and stage performances in the 1930s and 1940s both on their own, and as part of the Harlem-based Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. They appeared in the Marx Brothers film A Day at the Races. They also appeared on US television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, highlighting the jazz dances they and their cohorts helped to pioneer at the Savoy Ballroom in New York, as well as working throughout their lives to promote the dances to new generations.

Filmography

  • Jazz Dance (1954)
  • TV appearance: The DuPont Show of the Week: Chicago and All That Jazz (1961)
  • References

    Al & Leon Wikipedia


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