Boston born and raised, Jimmy Slyde has gained national and international fame as a tap dancer in films and concerts. Studying dance with Stanley Brown and Mildred Davenport in Boston, he started his early career in the city's vaudeville, theaters, and nightclubs - the RKO, the Old Howard, and the Frolic in Revere. His dance career spans more than 40 years and has included performances with Judy Garland in the film, 'A Star is Born'; in the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1966; and with Gregory Hines and the late Sammy Davis, Jr., in 'Tap.' During the past ten years he has been teaching tap dancing in Europe.