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Allen Toussaint — St. James Infirmary
Album: The Bright Mississippi
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Released: 2009
Length: 3:43
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I think Bill played this yesterday. That's okay:
"Neighbor, how long has it been since you had a big, thick, steaming bowl of Allen Toussaint? Well, that's too long!"
c.

Posted 2 months ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
There are distinct echoes of this in the great title theme for the excellent 'Slow Horses' spy drama on Apple TV, sung by Mr Jagger.
Posted 2 months ago by Ricvifarho    [ Reply ]
Still like Van the Man's version the best
Posted 2 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
 espresso wrote:

This would be a great fit for the new RP Jazz Channel!


Wait... what??  Jazz channel?  Your post was 2 years ago and I don't see one listed.  Am I just looking in the wrong place(s)?
Posted 4 months ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]
I know I'm on "My Favorites," not the main mix, but I suspect William's magic influenced the transition from "Toussaint L'Overture" by Santana into this Allen Toussaint number.
Posted 6 months ago by q4Fry    [ Reply ]
 espresso wrote:

This would be a great fit for the new RP Jazz Channel!


I also think RP would benefit from a Jazz Channel, but recognize that would involve a monumental task of song selection -- several thousand songs?

I volunteer to be a committee member!
Posted 9 months ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
one of the modern fathers of "The New Orleans Sound" 
Posted 9 months ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 bdwhitepm wrote:



LEGEND.  All caps LEGEND



    More please B&R. 
Posted 10 months ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 TurtleMan wrote:


And again in 2023  (February).


Once again in June '23...
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 sajitjacob wrote:

Well, preceded by Poker Face, I see what you did there Bill. You sure have incredible memory for a tune.  



And again in 2023  (February).
Posted 1 year ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
We were fortunate enough to see him - he passed away maybe a year later. He played mostly his own stuff, which elicited a lot of 'He wrote that too?'
 Brilliant composer, musician, performer. Highly influential and deeply missed.

Dang, gotta head over to Amazon again...
c.
Posted 2 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Excellent!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
This would be a great fit for the new RP Jazz Channel!
Posted 2 years ago by espresso    [ Reply ]
Well, preceded by Poker Face, I see what you did there Bill. You sure have incredible memory for a tune.  
Posted 2 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
NOLA... My best 4 days of live music... ever... never had so many eargasms so close together ever before and I worked in the music biz for many years! 
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
I was privileged to meet Mr Toussaint in the early 70's while in Sea-Saint Studios in New Orleans. I was there taking photos of some friends who were recording an album for Island Records. Very nice man with no airs about him, what a talent!
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
 Ipse_Dixit wrote:

Am I crazy, or do I hear some "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga in this?



Apparently BillG did!
Posted 3 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
Tom Waits used this in Chocolate Jesus
Posted 3 years ago by jmddj    [ Reply ]
It really just does not get any better than waking to this.
Posted 3 years ago by rhiangalthie    [ Reply ]
 ExpatLarry wrote:

Jeeze, reading the comments on this song makes it apparent that a LOT of 'music lovers' don't know the rich history of Allen Toussaint and music making. Among many many musicians and fans, the guy's a legend.  "Lady Gaga"? smh




LEGEND.  All caps LEGEND
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]

Jeeze, reading the comments on this song makes it apparent that a LOT of 'music lovers' don't know the rich history of Allen Toussaint and music making. Among many many musicians and fans, the guy's a legend.  Comparing him to "Lady Gaga"? smh

Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 Kilroy wrote:
Am I crazy, or do I hear some "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga in this?
 
Maybe just a teeny bit crazy, not that there's anything wrong with that.  ; )
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Aw c'mon. Ya can NOT compare this crossover crap to Pops or King Oliver or Cabs or Earl Fatha Hines or Doc Watson's or so, so many others   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91PBQ-ppaNU
Posted 6 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Am I crazy, or do I hear some "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga in this?
Posted 6 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
 mike_chouinard wrote:
This a more traditional jazz album from Toussaint. Otherwise, he's a legendary NOLA songwriter and producer. If you know the Meters (and if you don't, get on that), you know Toussaint. Look him up.

 
Well said regarding the Meters.  Mr. Tousssaint was also a huge influence on Little Feat and countless other musicians that passed through the New Orleans scene.

So glad I got to see him as the headliner on a triple bill with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue.
Posted 7 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

El músico Allen Toussaint interpreta en el Teatro Lara de Madrid la canción 'Brickyard Blues' para cerrar su concierto de anoche, pocas horas antes de morir. by José Luis Garcia/ El Mundo 10/11/2015.

"Toussaint died in the early hours of November 10, 2015, while in Madrid, Spain, on tour. Following a concert at the Teatro Lara on Calle Corredera Baja de San Pablo, he suffered a heart attack at his hotel and was pronounced dead on his arrival at hospital.He was 77. He had been due to perform in a sell-out concert at the EFG London Jazz Festival at The Barbican with his band and Theo Croker. He was also to play with Paul Simon at a benefit concert in New Orleans."

In memory of Allen Toussaint.
 
I was fortunate enough to see him about a year earlier. What a talent.
Posted 7 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Why do I hear "Minnie The Moocher"? 
Posted 7 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
 twoplain2sea wrote:

                  One time Mississippi river was quite short,
                   Quick ! Get a haircut hippies got much it.
               Now you see, one of them was girl,  a trigger.
                       They' got married, and shortly
                         After comes one daughter.
                       And  now one has a mod cut 
                                 What the  mess.
                  
         

 
You have a fan!
 
mugshot of guy with huge forehead covered with scratches 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Sweet!
 
Posted 8 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]

                  One time Mississippi river was quite short,
                   Quick ! Get a haircut hippies got much it.
               Now you see, one of them was girl,  a trigger.
                       They' got married, and shortly
                         After comes one daughter.
                       And  now one has a mod cut 
                                 What the  mess.
                  
         
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Amazing minimal jazzy rendering of a classic folk tune!  Check out Snake Farm's version for an alternate take.
Posted 8 years ago by GWoop    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. a stone genius.
Posted 8 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]


El músico Allen Toussaint interpreta en el Teatro Lara de Madrid la canción 'Brickyard Blues' para cerrar su concierto de anoche, pocas horas antes de morir. by José Luis Garcia/ El Mundo 10/11/2015.

"Toussaint died in the early hours of November 10, 2015, while in Madrid, Spain, on tour. Following a concert at the Teatro Lara on Calle Corredera Baja de San Pablo, he suffered a heart attack at his hotel and was pronounced dead on his arrival at hospital.He was 77. He had been due to perform in a sell-out concert at the EFG London Jazz Festival at The Barbican with his band and Theo Croker. He was also to play with Paul Simon at a benefit concert in New Orleans."

In memory of Allen Toussaint.



Posted 9 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 Virtualearthman wrote:
proves less is more when it comes to the blues

 
Absolutely.
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 meauclaire wrote:
Kept expecting Cab Calloway to bust out with Minnie the Moocher

 
Yes, they have similar structures, but this tune is older. This is a great version.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
proves less is more when it comes to the blues
Posted 9 years ago by Virtualearthman    [ Reply ]
Marc Ribot on guitar.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 meauclaire wrote:
Kept expecting Cab Calloway to bust out with Minnie the Moocher

 
Oh, yeah -- took the words right out of my fingers.
Posted 10 years ago by more-more-more    [ Reply ]
Interesting new take on a classic 
Posted 10 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
I love this!
Posted 10 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
Chocolate Jesus
Posted 10 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:
Reminds me how deep Pentangle were into Jazz.

 
Or how deeply Pentagle was into Allen Toussaint.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Kept expecting Cab Calloway to bust out with Minnie the Moocher
Posted 11 years ago by meauclaire    [ Reply ]
Reminds me how deep Pentangle were into Jazz.
Posted 11 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
not only a  great musician, an incredible  writer, producer and talent scout. long live allen.{#Clap}{#Dance}{#Bananapiano}{#Sunny}{#Sunny}{#Sunny}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Two-saint, in the NOLA vernacular. See: Sea-Saint Studios.
Posted 11 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]

This music is good for the ears...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
...got my attention real fast...
Posted 11 years ago by drivingunit103    [ Reply ]
Allen is the man.
Posted 11 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
 Nala wrote:
This is dangerously close to a cover by the Hoff. 
 
{#Think}
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This a more traditional jazz album from Toussaint. Otherwise, he's a legendary NOLA songwriter and producer. If you know the Meters (and if you don't, get on that), you know Toussaint. Look him up.
Posted 12 years ago by mike_chouinard    [ Reply ]
It's an "unfortunate rake" song!

https://www.folkways.si.edu/the-unfortunate-rake/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian
Posted 12 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
This is dangerously close to a cover by the Hoff. 
Posted 12 years ago by Nala    [ Reply ]
Wow
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 12 years ago by thalula    [ Reply ]
bitter,bitter sweet
Posted 12 years ago by rubincw    [ Reply ]
A couple of bars in, I was hooked
Posted 12 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
Another quality piano mixed tune and really nice rhythm section too. Love it.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
My son loves this! He is 9.
Posted 12 years ago by palexis    [ Reply ]