Saint James Infirmary Blues, Vladimir Uspenskii – piano, vocal | eight bars jazz minor blues

This is “Saint James Infirmary Blues“ – a famous blues song and jazz standard of uncertain origin. Louis Armstrong made the song famous in his 1928 recording on which Don Redman was credited as composer; later releases gave the name Joe Primrose, a pseudonym of Irving Mills. The melody is eight bars long, unlike songs in the classic blues genre, where there are twelve bars. Chords are: | Cm G7 | Cm | Cm Fm | Cm | | Cm G7 | Cm | Ab7 G7 | Cm |