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The spellbinding, sometimes brutally evocative lyrics of "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday, describes lynchings in the American South.

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Irvin Mayfield: conductor, trumpet; Barney Floyd, Eric Lucero, Leon Brown, Lionel Valadares: trumpet; Darryl Reeves, Aaron Fletcher: alto saxophone; Calvin Johnson ...