StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: More from Clark Terry's Big Bad Band

This week, let's continue our trip into the history of one of the most famous jazz musicians from our area with more videos featuring trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry's Big Bad Band. (You can see part one, featuring video of performances from 1974 and 1978, here.)

Today's first group of videos were recorded in July 1979 at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague, Netherlands. In addition to Terry, this version of the band included Dale Carley, John Melito, Bob Montgomery, and Oscar Gamby (trumpets), Hal Crook, Buster Cooper, Chuck Conners, and Richard Boone (trombones), Chris Woods, Bill Saxton, Charles Williams, Herman Bell, and Charles Davis (saxophones), plus Charles Fox (piano), Victor Sproles (bass), and Dave Adams (drums).

They begin with a nod to Duke Ellington in the form of Terry's arrangemnet of "Take The A Train" up above, followed after the jump by "Carney," featuring baritone saxophonist Charles Davis in a tribute to longtime Ellington sideman Harry Carney.

That's followed by six more selections from the North Sea festival, starting with "Tee Pee Time," "On The Trail" (from the "Grand Canyon Suite"), and "Etoile," and then "Randy," "Una Mas (One More Time), and "Blues In My Shoes."

The final video contains three songs recorded in 1991 in Paris for broadcast on the French TV program Le Grand Echiquier, including a reprise of "Take the A Train" plus performances of "Over The Rainbow" and "Sheba."

This version of the band included a couple of musicians who would go on to have prominent careers of their own, with a young Branford Marsalis in the saxophone section, and an equally young Byron Stripling among the trumpets. The rest of the band includes saxophonists Chris Woods, Danny House, Randy Russell, Ned Otter, and Diane DeRosa; trumpeters Steve Rentschler, Tony Lujan, and Gary Blackman; trombonists Conrad Herwig, Kenny Crane, Ron Wilkins, and Matt Finders; plus pianist John Campbell, bassist Peter Dowdall, and drummer Mike Baker.

You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...