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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

ProfDJ's killer cuts for your streaming shuffle, No.17

Bobby Bland. St. James Infirmary

While this is perhaps a little more melancholy than previous killer cuts, Bobby Bland's version of this blues classic is a masterclass in horn arrangement, which takes you right to the centre of a New Orleans funeral march. Along with his gravelly voice, this down tempo blues is a bit of melancholy magic.