[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:saint-james-infirmary":3},"title: Saint James Infirmary\naka: St. James Infirmary\ncomposer: Traditional\nstyle: Medium\nkey: Dm\nform: A, 8 bars\nrecording: Louis Armstrong; The Louis Armstrong Story, Volume III: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; Columbia; 1951\nyoutube: y74CsOQ38ok\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; D minor\n# recording: recorded 1928-12-12, Chicago, by Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Fred Robinson, Don Redman, Jimmy Strong, Earl Hines, Mancy Carr, Zutty Singleton), matrix W402225; first issued on 78 (OKeh 8657, credited to Don Redman); first LP Columbia ML 4385 (1951, later CL 853); traditional → the recording that made it a jazz standard (DAHR, Discogs, Wikipedia); video: Louis Armstrong's official channel (LouisArmstrongVEVO), the 1928 OKeh side, the same take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: A\n1 | Dm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | A7\u002FE     # V7 of D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n2 | Dm\u002FF     # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n2 | A7\u002FE     # V7 of D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n3 | Dm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n3 | Em7b5    # iiø7 of A7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | A7       # V7\u002Fi in D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4 | Em7\u002FB    # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n4 | Em7b5\u002FC  # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | A7\u002FC#    # V7 of D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5 | Dm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n5 | A7\u002FC#    # V7 of D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n6 | Dm\u002FC     # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n6 | G\u002FB      # a non-tonic major chord: Lydian\n7 | Bb7      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to A7\n7 | A7       # V7 of D minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n8 | Dm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n",1793484802796]