Friday, September 12, 2008

strange fruit



winning jazz musician, composer, and producer, perhaps best known as a bassist with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, and David Sanborn. Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. Benny Morton was a jazz trombonist most associated with the swing. Georgie Auld, was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader. Strange Fruit Records is an independent record label in the United Kingdom. It is a division of Pinnacle Entertainment Limited. The label, established by Clive Selwood and John Peel in 1986, is the primary distributor of BBC concert recordings, including Peel Sessions albums. Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as Strange Fruit Records is an independent record label in the United Kingdom. It is a division of Pinnacle Entertainment Limited. The label, established by Clive Selwood and John Peel in 1986, is the primary distributor of BBC concert recordings, including Peel Sessions albums. Strange Fruit London was initially run by a large collective but as the club continued, and began to promote shows at The Spitz, Bush Hall and 93 Feet East, it was run by a core collective made up of Paul Haswell, Clare Best, Julia Boyce, Richard Tunnicliffe and Nichola Halliday. Marian McPartland, born Margaret Marian Turner in Slough, England, is a jazz pianist, composer, writer and host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio. is a song written by Irene Higgenbotham, Ervin strange fruit Drake, and Dan Fisher. Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, was a jazz musician. Jimmy Rowles was an American jazz pianist who was best known as an accompanist. Bailey was a talented jazz musician specializing in the clarinet, but also well versed on saxophone. Joshua Daniel White, best known as Josh White, was a legendary American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. s 'Old Testament' orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings in the 1950s.




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