In September I noted a very serious makeover of Louis Armstrong’s classic take on “SJI” via remix by San Francisco’s Christopher Abad/Aempirei (here). Turns out there’s another notable remix floating around: Nils Hoffmann released a sort of more techno-ish reworking of the song (using King Oliver’s take (w/ Frank Marvin vocals) as the starting point), back in October 2007.
You can hear it here.
It’s obviously a good bit more accessible than Aempirei’s extremely adventurous construction, with the general vibe of those Verve Remixed CDs; I particularly like the way the horns are deployed in the mix. A pleasing listen. The other material on Hoffman’s Kurz Und Klein EP sounds good, too.
Via Soup Greens.
A couple of years ago I did some research into the song "St. James Infirmary," wrote up what I found, emailed that essay to friends and posted it on my web site (as part of a series of "Letters From New Orleans," as I was living in that city at the time). Based on the feedback, I wrote a second version of the essay, and asked for more feedback. Based on that, I wrote a 
