StLJN Saturday at the Movies: Latin jazz from S.L. Son, plus Martino, Scofield and DeFrancesco

The first of this week's featured videos is another segment from Jazz@Cookie's, which, you may recall, is the produced-for-cable-but-wound-up-on-the-Internet television series featuring jazz musicians and groups from right here in St. Louis. This segment featurs the Latin jazz sounds of S.L. Son, and is the first of three parts of this particular episode. You can see parts two and three here and here.

The second half of today's double feature showcases three musicians who are very familiar to St. Louis audiences, namely guitarists John Scofield and Pat Martino and organist Joey DeFrancesco. All three have played here multiple times in recent years, and both Scofield and DeFrancesco will be visiting St. Louis again in the coming months. Scofield will appear with Medeski, Martin and Wood in early December at Mississippi Nights and with his trio next spring at Jazz at the Bistro, while Joey D is playing the Sheldon in November as part of his tour with mallet percussionist Bobby Hutcherson.) The song is Bobby Hebb's "Sunny," and at more than 14 minutes long, this version definitely has room for all the players to shine.