Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
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Dean Reilly, dean of the standup bass in jazz trios, dies at 94
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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.