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These numbers are photographed in two extreme yet simple forms of lighting: chiaroscuro, in which the line of a cheek, the wrinkle of a sleeve, the keys of a fingered saxophone, appear as if drawn in white ink on black paper; and its opposite, in which the musicians appear in almost featureless silhouette against a staring, blank white background.
Overall, the picture's "teknik" is new chiefly in the sense that Hollywood seldom attempts the sort of experiments which for 25 years have been commonplace among advanced cinemamateurs. But the picture is easier and more interesting to look at than any other musical short yet made.
*Marlowe Morris (piano), Sidney Catlett and Joe Jones (drums), Lester Young and Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Red Callender and John Simmons (bass), Harry Edison (trumpet), Barney Kessel (guitar).