God Bless the Child

And before you tell us more about John Hammond, I wanna jump in so I can introduce our next song, and this is one of John Hamma- Hammond's crown jewels.

This is Billie Holiday singing God Bless The Child.

Them that's not share have, them that's not share lose.

So the Bible said, and it still is news.

Mama may have, papa may have, but God bless the child that's got his own.

That's got his own.

Yes, the strong get some more While the weak ones faintly-

And that was Billie Holiday singing God Bless the Child, one of John Hammond's many discoveries.

And it's always sort of seen in a very negative light.

It's never like, oh my God, you love opera? That's great.

You're listening to Made For Us.

I'm Tosin Sulaiman.

lived.

I knew it played jazz stuff, I knew it lived there.

So I came, I was introduced to the Mozart clarinet concerto, which like my first big clarinet piece I heard, I was like, oh my God, that's really cool.

And then I came across, cause we took a band trip.

And her singing's great.

Uh, yeah, and you get all of the iconic songs, Strange Fruit, uh, God Bless the Child, you know, these songs, just like-

Oh, yes.

Good ones.

Mm-hmm.

And so I started singing "God Bless the Child."

Yeah.

And, um, they were like, "Oh, she can actually sing." And so, um, around five years old...

Like, didn't Eric Dolphy record his magic? Don't I laugh every time I hear that? I mean, it's fucking hilarious, right? It's also amazing.

Or he also did God Bless the Child, right? You know, so somehow he had permission to play songs, take them to pieces, comment on them, but also engage you in a way that, you know, these non-songs just can't.

And, you know, and they can't seem to engage the players either.

Now, I mean, again, I just, I don't think this is, this is not like off-puttingly abrasive.