St.James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong [HQ Audio]

[@AceAttorny]

"Hehehe... Braggin'." This guy is just too charming.

[@xXSpaceMexicanXx]

AceAttorny loved that part, 💓

[@stefanstefanich3924]

What a voice... What a sound... Simply amazing...

[@dandut]

To think this track is from 1926! The recording is amazing. Louie kills it! 😝

[@DdDd-gd1rr]

Dan Price Sounds like a steel master recording, straight from studio. incredible.

[@dandut]

lucky us

[@rammstein1994able]

Can't believe that this recording is 91 years old.

[@nicksolomon5348]

I think this is a later recording Louie's voice wasn't this gravely in 1926 and he's definitely playing his Selmer horn and not his Cornet

[@americancrusader8175]

Dan Price I doesn't sound like it

[@MrMaddox57]

How many broken hearts have heard this in some of the loneliest gin joints in town. So powerful. LOVE blues and jazz!

[@ketchupfries7521]

Th clarinet in the background gives me CHILLS. The vibratos these musicians can make are just so blood curdling. In a good way. The trumpet is so good as well. Why can't this music be mainstream.

[@TyrannosaurusTroy]

Agreed. The clarinet brings so much emotion to the arrangement. This is a great recording!

[@MrMaddox57]

The clarinet is a great compliment, what really spices the piece up, with it you know this is REAL, CLASSIC blues and jazz. Written for the person down on their luck, especially late into the lonely rainy night. AWESOME. Have to find some jazz and blues venues in my area...VINTAGE

[@logans9026]

When I think of blues, I think of this. Slow, methodical, repetitive and deep in the blues of life.

[@gigiproiettili8985]

Logan S when u think of blues you should not think of this since this is SWING JAZZ

[@sws250]

Mitik gio Still, there's so much blues on this one. Specially on vocals and percussion. Listen carefully to the hits in the ride at the end.

[@gigiproiettili8985]

RC Cola i guess you’re right, i have caught those blues features once you’ve told me. I rekon this isn’t fully blues or swing rather than a transition between the two though.

[@MrMaddox57]

Cold, rainy city streets at night. Neon lights and broken hearts.

[@MrMaddox57]

Man, sometimes the music of these golden years beats that of today! Makes me want to go back in time and take a long break from the chaos of today! CLASSIC. Stirs my soul! Inspires me to appreciate only the finest life has to offer.

[@Ebrill_Owen]

I love Calloway’s slightly more upbeat version of this song but Armstrong’s version is soul crushingly haunting. To me it almost sounds like he’s saying “I failed you” in the beginning which is. Super creepy. I love it!

[@sebastiandelaespriella9611]

She can look this wide world over, But she'll never find a sweet man like me...

[@dandut]

Sebastian De la Espriella bragging 😂

[@sebastiandelaespriella9611]

fucking exellent!

[@MrMaddox57]

This music and lyrics is ART! What a master!

[@nicolaraponi9117]

LYRICS I went down to St.James Infirmary Saw my baby there She was stretched out on a long white table So cold, so sweet, so fair Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be She can look this wide world over She'll never find a sweet man like me When I die I want you to dress me in straight lace shoes Boxback coat and a Stetson hat Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain So the boys’ll know that I died standin' pat

[@JUANO510]

Standing pat?! What does that mean though?

[@onikuma7634]

Buck 50 good.

[@moemoney8113]

Buck 50

[@moemoney8113]

Buck 50 stand Pat is a poker term. it means you don't request any more cards to improve your hand.

[@cuzimspecial1]

_$20 gold piece_ Damn man, gold was cheap as fuck in the 1920's huh?

[@vogun52]

Absolutey stunning. LIterally, it stunned me when I first heard this and still does the same today. Awesome is an overused word I know, but this is it.

[@skittlesmarmalade5246]

Thank you Mr. Louis, for four and a half minutes of soul - purifying perfection!

[@sjplhavebrainwilltravel5700]

Louis Armstrong: The Mozart of Jazz!!!! What a Voice, What a Style, What a Man!!!!!

[@MrMaddox57]

Cold, rainy nights in the city streets, neon lights, hard liquor, harder dames. Memories and broken hearts.

[@leoh8347]

I love New Orleans . From Brazil

[@annraven6765]

I have been looking for this version of this song and FINALLY found it! Thank you. Song has very interesting history for those who like it.

[@ItsEliza5]

This man inspired me to play the trumpet I now am in Jazz and Honors Band playing First trumpet and I couldn’t be more proud of his accomplishments and my progress

[@kodamikha]

Such a sweet and sultry song. Learned how to play it on my ukulele and it is one of my very favourites.

[@francoisvillon371]

Tout ce qu'il a joué, chanté et composé est génial

[@user-mj1nq7ms6g]

Sometimes the best songs are not so famous

[@kingghidorah1212]

Beautiful piece. Truly entrancing.

[@sebastianw.7254]

I aspire to play my trumpet like Louis

[@dylan7226]

Sebastian W. Me too Komrade

[@snazzrazzmazzlejazz8974]

Sebastian W. RIP your lips then

[@rennesmanu]

you won't have much sound il you "aspire" ;-)

[@davelo3506]

This plays on my alarm 6 am everyday, gets me ready for work down at the Mill

[@The_amazing_psychologist]

You, Sir, have good taste in music

[@masoncamera273]

Still a masterpiece 100 years later

[@CrownTown10]

Found myself in New Orleans one grey autumn day, alone and unaccounted for. After an evening trying to figure out my next move, the dawn came with a desultory drizzle. I managed to make my way to Cafe de Mon Coeur, and got some eggs and a little bourbon in my coffee. I sat watching the wet streets through the open door, when along came a funeral, in stately grief, laying down Saint James Infirmary.

[@zzzzzzz8417]

genius never dies

[@minecraft1243]

no one else could do this the way he did!!such soul n heart.

[@georgelopezplayboyyyy5852]

But she'll never find a sweet man like me .

[@paulmichaelson7203]

The GREAT GREAT Satchel Mouth! There will never be another.

[@josealejandromartinez7786]

Sencillamente buenisisisimo.

[@minyoung_24life37]

Betty Boop here

[@IlarioSchanzer]

SUPER !!!...i love this song

[@banilara6162]

Fui a St. James Infirmary Ví a mi nena ahí Ella estaba tendida en una mesa larga y blanca Tan fría, tan dulce, tan dulce, tan bella Dejala ir, dejala ir, Dios la bendiga Dondesea que ella pueda ser Ella puede buscar en este ancho mundo Pero nunca encontrará a otro dulce hombre como yo Cuando yo muera entierrenme con los zapatos de cordones rectos Un traje nuevo a cuadros y un sombrero Stetson Pon un pedazo de oro de veinte dólares en mi cadena de reloj Así los chicos sabran que morí de pie . .

[@Gaznapiro30]

Thank you Google traductor

[@nadyarossi5102]

Ive been looking for the 1938 recording made at Carnegie Hall. It was a 2 record album and featured Ghanaians singing "All For You, Louis, All For You." Had the best version of St. Louis Blues I've ever heard.

[@SocksWithSandalsEnjoyer]

Perfect amount of growl in the voice

[@aristotlemystotle4138]

I wish copyright wasn't so strict now a days, just so you could do this, take a song and play it so many ways

[@kevinsandow5354]

Aristotle My stotle I know! Right? I'm from Argentina and here in Latin America we also have this kind of classics that used to be played by everyone, whenever one of the genius wrote a great song, he usually said it belonged to the people because it was a popular song and everyone did their cover. Try Zamba para olvidar, El Cosechero, Volver a los 17, Duerme negrito, almost all Violeta Parra songs, Simon Diaz and Atahualpa Yupanqui and like every famous Brazilian bossa nova song. It was such a beautiful tradition, because every new version was adding something special and great over an already great song. That's the true spirit of music and of humanity. Property laws (and mainly copyright in there) are an invention and a theft, not a "natural" thing like the first liberal thinkers like Adam Smith said.

[@kevinsandow5354]

You guys in the US understand the word liberal the wrong way around, cuz some president of yours was so dumb he used it the other way around. The rest of the world still uses the word correctly. Look it up.. Adam Smith is actually one of the founders of economic liberalism. Yeah, I realize I wrote John Smith instead of Adam Smith.

[@ember_shep8181]

ala clan, sounds like what happens to house of the rising sun. It belonged to everyone.

[@gigilaw9015]

Aristotle My stotle rad grads re-did this song very recently actually, it’s a great cover

[@rucaslicks5183]

This song public domain my dude.

[@cyclesgoff9768]

Thanks for posting man, you caught me at the right time.

[@iamjaysaul1169]

Damn, this is truly great.

[@youssouphafall6966]

Magnifique Purée beauté

[@9451hen]

a legend, unique

[@cwebb2300]

The only version of this song that touch me to my very soul.

[@aarondyckman3557]

Dam, I use to always hear this song on old cartoons, n it would always do something to me, not good, not bad, but this guy has to do the best version I HAVE EVER HERD! This is when music was music!

[@javierlopez243]

Magistral.

[@edwinrivera5068]

That's Talent, glad we the have the memories ...

[@gm5240]

wow. A great man wrote a great song

[@McDertydert]

It is an old Irish song

[@RayAtchley]

He didn't write it

[@TheInfiniteFool]

about: blank it's not Louis' song but this is a kickass version. perhaps the best.

[@iknowheis]

Kindness Counts! . A Story about a Musician and Singer : A grandson of slaves, a boy was born in a poor neighborhood of New Orleans known as the 'Back of Town'. His father abandoned the family when the child was an infant. His mother became a prostitute and the boy and his sister had to live with their grandmother. Early in life he proved to be gifted for music and, with three other kids, he sang in the streets of New Orleans. His first gains were the coins that were thrown to them. A Jewish family, Karnofsky, who had immigrated from Lithuania to the USA had pity for the 7-year-old boy and brought him into their home. They initially gave him 'work' in the house, to feed this hungry child. There he remained and slept in this Jewish family's home where, for the first time in his life he was treated with kindness and tenderness. When he went to bed, Mrs. Karnovsky sang him a Russian Lullaby that he would sing with her. Later, he learned to sing and play several Russian and Jewish songs. Over time, this boy became the adopted son of this family. The Karnofskys gave him money to buy his first musical instrument, as was the custom in the Jewish families. They sincerely admired his musical talent. Later, when he became a professional musician and composer, he used these Jewish melodies in compositions, such as 'St. James Infirmary' and 'Go Down Moses'. The little black boy grew up and wrote a book about this Jewish family who had adopted him in 1907. In memory of this family and until the end of his life, he wore a star of David and said that in this family he had learned "how to live a real life and determination." You might recognize his name. This little boy was called Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong. Louis Armstrong proudly spoke fluent Yiddish! And I bet you didn't know any of this.... And 'Satchmo' is Yiddish for 'Big Cheeks."

[@balham456]

Soundtrack to closing credits “Taste of Cherry”, Kiarostami masterpiece.

[@CarlaL0rraneSm]

Como eu amo essa música meu!!!!

[@marechaldsb4828]

Nós ✌️

[@pamelaiacovacci5474]

Love his music !!!!!

[@Elreydavid16]

Deep! Beautiful

[@solamentecmg8071]

A voz desse cara é muito foda ... Um viva ao blues

[@joemarshall4226]

20 million people died from the Spanish "flu", 1918-1920, which was probably not a flu at all. It was the greatest "Pandemic" in history. So a lot of people could identify with this song when it came out.

[@painandmisery8971]

Im getting a nostalgic tom and jerry song feeling...loved that show when i was a child

[@doughesson]

David Drake's Rolling Hot story in his Hammer's Slammers series brought me here. One character walked out of his artillery piece whistling this tune. Now, I'm watching as Ray Stevens sings it.

[@cestmirsimunek5939]

Ahoj jedna z nejhezčích vyjádření Armstronga hudbou a zpěvem text v této nahrávce, ČESTMÍR.

[@kelliehill91]

Ghostmane to betty boop to here. And i love it all

[@EvaFariou]

Divine...

[@reesecunningham7187]

He wrote this song about his wife that died she was the love of his life true love at its finest

[@ProfDavis]

No one knows wo wrote this important blues song

[@DonGamerGuy]

Prof Davis me. Ignore the fact this recording is from 1929 and i was born in 87 lol.

[@SkinnyK1ng209]

Don Gamer Guy I believe you

[@thaevilgenius3]

There's so many different versions but like homeboy said it was a old English folk song. All versions capture the heavy hearted essence the performer is guilted with. However to me the best is the one Cab Calloway did as 'Koko The Clown' via 'The Betty Boop' show.' I forget the animation technique they used but his moves were so smooth when he was singing and moving Koko the Clown was shhhmmmooove as hell! Someone just posted the remastered version and it is the bees knees man. The Bees Knees daddy-o.

[@user-oy6hk1gn7l]

thaevilgenius3 It's called rotoscoping (: And I agree, fantastic. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it in the last couple days

[@oabuseer]

Sir Ferius Fickle I Is it confirmed that it's actually based on an English folk song? I read that some guy made the link between the 2 but a lot of people have contested that.

[@modguitar190]

Louis Armstrong 🔥🔥🔥

[@Odibio.Skins.]

This is real music

[@lordcrowe9154]

i love this

[@honokakosaka4816]

Wow

[@karsokawade]

Here because of albert camus’ book the plague

[@jipship6863]

Love. 💜

[@ghostofpanama622]

Play this at my funeral

[@azzemojo]

Number 6. 1001 is a lot of songs

[@jean-claudemonier3887]

une perle , comme la version d'éric burdon avec les news animals !!!!!!!

[@FabrizioMarongiu]

Brian Johnson with Geordie recorded this song in 70s

[@Taylor_madeKi.]

My honey brought me here💙

[@lisafer9411]

Chills.

[@guffymakeup7681]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kyleyesiahsupree]

She’ll never find sweet man like me.

[@korvameister5874]

Compared to the original Cab Calloway, I honestly prefer this song a ton more.

[@janispaquet8749]

J adore 👍

[@samdavidson6483]

💪💪💪💪

[@mathildemanuel93]

Who’s the clarinettist ???? 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@rosildamaria6149]

Começo da música parece com uma de Reginaldo Rossi. Oloco bixo

[@marechaldsb4828]

Verdade rsrs

[@darlymarquesfilho5878]

Estå na cara que Reginaldo copiou, pois, essa melodia eh de 1926...

[@DGKJhayTV]

He cut this up way different then cab 😎 they might be equally good

[@christymarie1413]

Murder Most Foul by Bob Dylan brought me here! Woah!

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Used in A Taste of Cherry.

[@malcomshaw5962]

⭐️🕊⭐️🕊⭐️⭐️🕊⭐️🕊⭐️⭐️🙏🏾💜

[@peruanervlogs3675]

Annenmaykantereit hat mich hierhergebracht , dich auch?

[@davidduarte6344]

Cool as ice

[@michaeltalamo1833]

Bobby bland made his own version. I think it was that best!

[@dominoh5922]

The original is by Cab Calloway

[@marcsoare5638]

I learned on my clarinet

[@virgiliomartini9051]

Mr Badii !! Mr Badii !!

[@thomasspool]

Anyone happen to know the actual date of this recording?

[@jhonnyolivastro8985]

2020?

[@mrsandman16]

I wish cab calloway and Louie Armstrong did a duet on St.James infirmary but both of them are dead so now only the internet can do magic like this

[@Commenter839]

I never thought about that, but now I can't stop wishing that was a thing.

[@moosseff]

What genre would this be considered? This melancholy... jazz? blues? I havent really found anything similar to this

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

What do you mean? It literally has blues in the title

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

Nvm, not on this video

[@malopenguin5871]

Braggin

[@octavio_a.serrano]

Camus carried me here

[@Tagsjeusnrgj1235]

The House That Jack Built

[@OWAMER]

1000 like

[@DoubleBread]

Now I know by which version was Hugh Laurie inspired in Let Them Talk

[@renaud-julesdeschenes9903]

Interprétation supérieure qui respecte la TRADITION Mille *** Merci !! Renaud

[@laneharmon1795]

What album is this from?

[@SwordOfTheRaven]

I like the cab Callaway version better but this sounds more clean and amazing