StLJN Saturday at the Movies: The Casino Lights All-Stars' "Always There" plus Gerald Albright's "Georgia On My Mind"

This week's video spotlight offers sights and sounds from some of the musicians who will be performing in St. Louis this summer as part of DJ/impresario Rick Sanborn's two smooth jazz shows at the Pageant.

The first clip is from the "Casino Lights" DVD (recorded live in 1999 at the Montreux Jazz Festival), and presents a star-studded ensemble getting down on the familiar groove of Ronnie Laws' tune "Always There".

The front line includes tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum, who's part of the "Guitars and Saxes" tour that hits town on Sunday, June 24, along with trumpeter Rick Braun, who's in the "Jazz Attack" show on Friday, July 20. As for the rest of the band in the clip, tenor man Boney James gets the first solo, followed by Kenny Garrett on alto sax and then Whalum, blowing over a rhythm section that includes George Duke on keyboards, Larry Carlton on guitar, Billy Kilson on drums and Mike Manson on bass.

The second video showcases Gerald Albright, who's the other sax in the "Guitars and Saxes" show, performing the standard "Georgia On My Mind". No indication as to where or when this was recorded, and there seem to be some sync problems between the audio and video, but Albright's extended solo is worth hearing even with these slight distractions.