Blue Rhythm
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Mickey plays a bluesy tune on a piano on a stage. Minnie sings. Then an unseen band plays while both sing and dance. Mickey then leads the 9-piece band in an uptempo number, with Pluto on trombone, Horace on percussion, and Clarabelle on bass, among others. Mickey steps out for a clarinet solo.
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Mickey as bandleader in the early sound years, when the whole appeal of a Disney short was that the picture and the music were locked together tighter than anyone else could manage. These musical Mickeys were the studio's calling card: proof that synchronisation was a technique, not a trick.