Saturday, December 08, 2007

StLJN Saturday at the Movies:
Manhattan Transfer's "Jeannine"
meets Tom Scott's "Dirty Old Man"



This week's videos feature a couple more of the coming attractions that St. Louis jazz listeners will be able to enjoy in the not-too-distant future.

Up top, it's the vocal group Manhattan Transfer, who will be in town next Wednesday to do their annual holiday show at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. While the Transfer will be doing mostly Christmas music at the TouPAC, here they can be seen and heard doing their arrangement of "Jeannine," a song written by pianist Duke Pearson that's perhaps best known for the vocal version done by Eddie Jefferson, who wrote the lyrics. While they definitely remove some of the rougher edges found in Jefferson's version, the Transfer's rendition still swings pretty hard while also showing off their tight four-part ensemble vocals.

The clip down below features saxophonist Tom Scott, who will be in St. Louis in April as one of the guest performers and clinicians at the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival. It's a 2003 performance of Scott's tune "Dirty Old Man," with backing from keyboardist Larry Goldings, drummer Rick Marotta, guitarist Michael Landau and bassist Jimmy Johnson.

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