Now, Fred Astaire supposedly said the Nicholas Brothers' tap dance routine from the end of the 1943 movie Stormy Weather was the greatest dance sequence ever to be filmed, and it's hard to argue with him after seeing it. It's also a great opportunity to see Cab Calloway with his band, which included musicians such as Foots Thomas and Keg Johnson:
Just after Calloway brings out Harold and Fayard Nicholas, at about 1:30, you can see the great bassist Milt Hinton playing right behind them at the back of the room. Here's Hinton giving a bass lesson, several decades later:
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