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South Philly Review
I’m thrilled about the latest Billie Holiday revival. The film UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY, starring Andra Day, has fueled much of the interest. (You can stream it on Hulu). I haven’t seen it, but I understand that Holiday known by music lovers as “Lady Day” is portrayed as a civil rights hero, in part because of a song she recorded called STRANGE FRUIT. For years, the song was banned from radio airplay. It graphically depicts the lynching of blacks in the South (… ”Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees ….” It’s a song that’s difficult to listen to without being outraged at the violence perpetrated against blacks.
Janis Siegel
Just A Little Lovin
Go Away Little Boy
The Late Late Show
(I m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
Where Are You?
I Wish You Love
The Big Hurt
Vocalist Janis Siegel is a member of the world-famous Manhattan Transfer, but she has also released several satisfying records as a solo artist. This CD features Siegel paying tribute to the New York hit-making institution.
more » of the 50s and 60s known as the Brill Building, and to female singers. A topflight band accompanies Siegel, including pianist Cedar Walton, tenor saxophonist-flutist David Fathead Newman, and trumpeter Tom Harrell. The singer and her soulfully syncopated crew work their magic by recasting tunes such as the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil gem, Just a Little Lovin , and Toni Fisher s The Big Hurt. Siegel s sophisticated and sensitive vocals also give justice to Dakota Staton s The Late, Late Show, Etta Jones s Don t Go to Strangers, and Nancy Wilson s (I m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over.