Strange Fruit

GEORGIA LEE celebrates the achievements of First Nations woman and jazz vocalist Georgia Lee through audio, images and documents held at the Australian Jazz Museum. It features one of Lee’s most famous performances, “Strange Fruit.” Written by Abel Meeropol after the lynching of two African American men in the 1930s, the track was and is a hauntingly important portrayal of harms done to African American people in the 19th and 20th centuries. To hear Georgia Lee’s evocative rendition of “Strange Fruit” and 10 other tracks, follow this link https://www.ajm.org.au/?page_id=13292

GEORGIA LEE was researched, written and curated by AJM volunteers Selina Willmott, Ralph Powell and David Canterford, with audio prepared by Ken Simpson-Bull and presentation by Robert Ayres. Image description: image is divided into two halves. On the left half, Georgia Lee stands next to a wire ladder. She is in a sleeveless white ankle-length dress with a white cape attached. The right half has a pale pink background with a darker pink accent spot featuring the quote “[Strange Fruit] touched her tremendously, because she knows the problems of [people of colour] from personal experience. She feels her mission in life is to do what she can to help them solve their problems.” Image source: Australian Jazz Museum. Quote from artist bio for a “Celebrity Jazz Concert” held at Melbourne Town Hall, c1940s-50s. ️️#jazz #australianjazzmuseum #australianjazz #georgialee #strangefruit #indigenous #history #culture #art #exhibition
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