St. James Infirmary Blues

Cab Calloway · 1933 · Betty Boop, Snow-White, 1933

Context

In the cartoon Snow-White (Fleischer Studios, Paramount, March 31, 1933), part of the Betty Boop series, Cab Calloway sings “St. James Infirmary.” Koko the Clown's dance movement is rotoscoped from footage of Calloway.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

By the same artist

• Minnie the Moocher (1931)
• Kicking the Gong Around (1931)
• (Hep Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive (1939)

Sources

• EN: Snow-White (1933 film)
• EN: St. James Infirmary Blues

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