St. James Infirmary
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"St. James Infirmary" is a classic American blues and jazz standard, often associated with a mournful, narrative style about loss and death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. James Infirmary canonical | 2 |
| St. James Infirmary Blues (recording) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6740104 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. James Infirmary Context triple: [Two Steps from the Blues, hasTrack, St. James Infirmary]
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A.
Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard, celebrated for its frantic tempo, powerful vocals, and major influence on early rock music.
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B.
Canal Street Blues
"Canal Street Blues" is a classic early jazz composition recorded in 1923 by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, renowned as one of the foundational works of New Orleans jazz.
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C.
Basin Street Blues
"Basin Street Blues" is a classic jazz standard, widely popularized by Louis Armstrong’s influential recordings and performances.
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D.
Blue Bayou
"Blue Bayou" is a melancholic pop ballad, best known through Roy Orbison’s 1963 recording and later Linda Ronstadt’s hit cover, about longing to return to an idyllic hometown.
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E.
Blue Bayou
Blue Bayou is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Justin Chon that follows a Korean-American adoptee facing deportation from the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. James Infirmary Target entity description: "St. James Infirmary" is a classic American blues and jazz standard, often associated with a mournful, narrative style about loss and death.
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A.
Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard, celebrated for its frantic tempo, powerful vocals, and major influence on early rock music.
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B.
Canal Street Blues
"Canal Street Blues" is a classic early jazz composition recorded in 1923 by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, renowned as one of the foundational works of New Orleans jazz.
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C.
Basin Street Blues
"Basin Street Blues" is a classic jazz standard, widely popularized by Louis Armstrong’s influential recordings and performances.
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D.
Blue Bayou
Blue Bayou is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Justin Chon that follows a Korean-American adoptee facing deportation from the United States.
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E.
Blue Bayou
"Blue Bayou" is a melancholic pop ballad, best known through Roy Orbison’s 1963 recording and later Linda Ronstadt’s hit cover, about longing to return to an idyllic hometown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gambler’s Blues
NERFINISHED
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St. James Infirmary Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTradition |
American folk music
ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| basedOn |
St. James Hospital
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Unfortunate Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unfortunate Rake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| culturalStatus |
standard of the blues repertoire
ⓘ
standard of the jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| hasForm |
ballad
ⓘ
strophic form ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
ⓘ
grief ⓘ loss ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricMotif |
funeral arrangements
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ |
| lyricPerspective | gambler ⓘ |
| lyricSetting | infirmary ⓘ |
| lyricSubject | dead lover ⓘ |
| mood |
melancholic
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Allen Toussaint
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ Blind Willie McTell NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ Cab Calloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Laurie NERFINISHED ⓘ King Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Stripes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfPopularization |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
death of a lover
ⓘ
funeral customs ⓘ reflection on mortality ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St. James Infirmary Description of subject: "St. James Infirmary" is a classic American blues and jazz standard, often associated with a mournful, narrative style about loss and death.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St. James Infirmary Blues (recording)