Few songs are as closely associated with a single performer as “Strange Fruit” and Billie Holiday. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees.Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Few songs are as closely associated with a single performer as “Strange Fruit” and Billie Holiday. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees. Visit southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz for full transcripts.

Few songs are as closely associated with a single performer as “Strange Fruit” and Billie Holiday. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees.Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

'Strange Fruit'

Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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