Any of the recordings that Charlie Parker made for Dial records during the notorious "Lover Man" session. Parker was so strung out and drunk that he could barely play, he had to be physically supported to record this track. He misses his intro and barely makes it through. That same night he set fire to his hotel room and ended up spending 6 months at Camarillo State Hospital's psychiatric ward.
Painful to listen to, even as his genius still comes thru:
Louis Armstrong - St. James Infirmary (lyrics, deal)
It's the saddest song I can think of in the genre.
Lionel Hampton - Where Were You When I Needed You (very sparse lyrics). It's jazzfunk rather than straight ahead jazz, and it's actually uptempo as well, but manages to keep a kind of sad feeling throughout via Hampton's amazing play on the vibes.
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Lush Life
F that.
Charles Earland - Murilley
That woman done did him wrong
Eddie Jefferson - Jeanine
Ditto, and all because he didn't have enough poppy.
So, so sad.
::whycry::
Painful to listen to, even as his genius still comes thru:
It's the saddest song I can think of in the genre.
Lionel Hampton - Where Were You When I Needed You (very sparse lyrics). It's jazzfunk rather than straight ahead jazz, and it's actually uptempo as well, but manages to keep a kind of sad feeling throughout via Hampton's amazing play on the vibes.
Kindly,
parallax
either of these. With ot without vocals.
Strange Fruit is the first thing that came to my mind.
'my favorite things' sad? opposite end of the spectrum for me
I'd say that's about right.