StLJN Saturday at the Movies: Red Holloway's got the "Cleanhead Blues", plus Clark Terry's "In A Mellowtone"

This week's videos feature a couple of jazz elders who are still active and proving the enduring value of two of the music's fundamental components, swing and the blues.

The first clip features tenor saxophonist Red Holloway, who will be performing at Jazz at the Bistro on Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14. The footage is from 1995, and the song is "Cleanhead Blues," a number originated by the late singer and saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson that has subsequently become something of an anthem for follicly impaired men everywhere.

Down below, we showcase another venerable jazzman, St. Louis' own Clark Terry in a swinging version of the Duke Ellington standard "In A Mellowtone", a song that he no doubt has played many times, both while in and out of the Duke's employ.



(Edited 7/11/07 to fix a typo.)