![]() Hentoff notes the audible lack of instrumental solos here, and I am inclined to agree. This reissue comes supplied with updated liner notes, and even includes the original review of the album, written by Nat Hentoff for Downbeat. For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck”. ![]() Any one line in the song could be taken as exemplar of the bitter and sorrowful emotion portrayed, though a particularly effective and biting use of staccato can be noted in the line, “Here is fruit for the crows to pluck. Originally recorded by Holiday in 1939, it was re-recorded for Lady Sings The Blues, perhaps because of its popularity. This is particularly true of the mournful Strange Fruit, a response to the lynching of African Americans in the southern USA, and one of the best anti-racist protest songs in jazz to date. Her characteristically husky and impassioned vocals are unmistakable and remain unrivalled by many singers in today’s jazz world. This reissue by American Jazz Classics contains five bonus tracks, three of which are from the Lady Sings The Blues sessions, but unreleased on the original LP.Īll this adds up to just under 80 minutes, which is plenty of material for fans of Lady Day. ![]() Lady Sings The Blues, released in 1956 following her autobiography of the same name, is rightly considered one of Holiday’s classic titles. ![]()
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