Dee Dee Bridgewater and SJI

Continuing with contemporary approaches to SJI, here are two Dee Dee Bridgewater interpretations of the song.

Bridgewater does some gender-bending in her version. She recorded this on 2015s remarkable Dee Dee's Feathers.

I have included two of her variations. Like jazz (or the blues) her approach to the song allows her musicians to have space. Space. SJI allows space for improvisation and interpretation, and Dee Dee takes advantage of that.

Interview with Debbie Burke re IWDtSJI

Debbie Burke recently interviewed me for her blog, "Debbie Burke - jazz author."

She hosts a remarkable site - I recommend checking it out! Her books can be found via amazon, and on her site.

Since she was the interviewer and I was the interviewee, there's not much I can add, except, of course, for the interview itself. So, for those of you interested in following further, here is the link:

https://debbieburkeauthor.com/2024/01/29/book-review-i-went-down-to-st-james-infirmary-by-robert-w-harwood/

Thank you, Debbie.