St. James Infirmary

from NOLA by RED

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There aren’t many jazz standards with a history that goes back as far as St. James Infirmary’s. The original version referred to the hospital that King Henry VIII founded in 1530 in London to house fourteen leprous maiden sisters. Considering the fact that in New Orleans there was a St. James Infirmary too, this might have influenced Louis Armstrong’s decision to record the piece back in 1928. On his recording – the first ever – he has his own idiosyncratic version of the lyrics, while maintaining the basic storyline of a man seeing the cold body of his loved one in a mortuary. To this day, New Orleans music is impossible to imagine without this classic.

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from NOLA, released November 27, 2020
jazz, hammond organ, Hammond, NOLA, flugelhorn, New Orleans jazz, trumpet, New Orleans

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RED is uplifting, vibrant and energetic, reflecting the tradition from the fifties in their quirky originals. Soulful jazz with that great Hammond sound, the classic combination of trumpet and tenor saxophone and drums that swing the American way.
Their debut CD received a ****½ review in Dutch jazz glossy Jazzism and the band members get high praise from Wynton Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. ... more

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