my instruction was to walk off period, josephson recalled.d to remember strange fruit, get their insides burned by it. it was a beautifully rendered thing, like a great dramatic moment in the theater, one of the people in the audience one night, the cartoonist al hirsch felt remembered. it struck me, i don't think he drew billie holiday singing strange fruit but she was painting her own picture that night. it didn't need any elaborating. she said it all. i'm amazed that every time i hear the song, i hear something new in it. i'm grateful to paul for playing it because i never noticed before that it gets -- she gets louder as it goes along. it gets louder and more intense and more fierce as she gets going along. of course, things are rarely so neat. the old cbs sports reporter heywood hale broome, and some of you who will remember him for his colorful sports coats, told me the angst at cafe society when billie sang strange fruit , was in fact quite short-lived. after we had food and odd in our liberal way, the band would hit a sharp court and

it was certainly an event and as decreed by barney josephson, the man who ran the place, it was alsoa ritual. billie was to close all three of her nightly sets with it as she prepared to sing it all service. waiters. cashier. nurse. busboys all stood still. the room went completely dark. save for a pin on holiday's face. when she finished the lights went out when she back out. when she. when they came up. she was gone. and no matter how thunderous the applause, she was never to return for a bow. my instruction was to off. period. joseph's recalled. people had to remember strange fruit, get their insides burned by it. it was a beautifully rendered thing, like a great dramatic moment. the theater. one of the people in the audience. one night, the cartoonist al hirschfeld remembered, and it struck me. i don't think al hirschfeld drew, billie holiday singing strange fruit, but she was painting her own picture that night. it didn't it didn't need any elaborating. she at all and i'm just amazed that every time i hear the song i hear something new in it and i'm so i'm grateful to paul for p

my instruction was to walk off period, josephson recalled.heater one of the people in the audience one night the cartoonist al hirschfeld remembered, and it struck me. i don't think al hirsch heard billie holiday sing "strange fruit." she was painting her own picture. it didn't need any elaborating. i'm just amazed that every time i hear the song i hear something new in it, and i am grateful to paul for playing it because i never noticed before that it -- she gets louder as she goes along. it gets louder and more intense and fiercer as she goes along. of course, things are rarely so neat. the old cbs sports reporter hayward heal broon who some of you will remember for his colorful sports coats, tell me the angst at cafe society when billie sang strange fruit was, in fact, quite short lived. after we'd oohed and ahhed in a kind of liberal way, the band would hit a sharp cord and into them their eyes, he recalled. the setting was the problem. even an enlightened nightclub was still a nightclub. i wondered then whether it made sense to sing such