Playboy After Hours
December, 1990
Swinging TimeThe black swing bands of the Thirties were the ultimate in rhythm machines, and now a group of New Yorkers has found a way to put them into a time machine. Once a week, The New York Swing Dance Society turns The Cat Club into the Savoy Ballroom—Harlem's Home for Happy Feet—with a live band and a dance floor full of lindy hoppers. The scene swings around Frankie Manning, a member of the original Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, who performed at the Savoy, and winner of a Tony for his choreogr...
