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Title: Billie Holiday: the founding mother of jazz, on her 100th birthday Post by: News on April 07, 2015, 07:09:44 AM Adjectives such as "distinctive" and "authentic" just don’t go far enough. No one could interpret a song like Billie Holiday. Her influence on jazz can still be heard and felt today - 100 years after she was born.
Full Article... (http://www.dw.de/billie-holiday-the-founding-mother-of-jazz-on-her-100th-birthday/a-18364080) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs#) Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit Lyrics Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant South The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop |