SECTION 5 THE HARLEM RENNAISSANCE HARLEM NEW YORK

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SECTION 5 THE HARLEM RENNAISSANCE

SECTION 5 THE HARLEM RENNAISSANCE

HARLEM – NEW YORK CITY • Neighborhood located on Manhattan Island • Predominately a

HARLEM – NEW YORK CITY • Neighborhood located on Manhattan Island • Predominately a black community since 1905

A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE • 1920 – mid 1930 s • The Harlem Renaissance

A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE • 1920 – mid 1930 s • The Harlem Renaissance was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement • Created a new black cultural identity that included: • Group expression • Self determination • Racial pride

NOTABLES • Langston Hughes • Author, poet, & intellectual • Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson •

NOTABLES • Langston Hughes • Author, poet, & intellectual • Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson • Movie & Broadway dancer • W. E. B. Du. Bois • Intellectual • Archibald Motley • Painter

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS • 1929 – Present • Competitive exhibition team • Started in Chicago

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS • 1929 – Present • Competitive exhibition team • Started in Chicago 1927 • Moved to Harlem for the 1928 -1929 season

SECTION 6 JAZZ AND BLUES MUSIC

SECTION 6 JAZZ AND BLUES MUSIC

THE BLUES • Style • Mixture of slave music and religious spirituals • Featured

THE BLUES • Style • Mixture of slave music and religious spirituals • Featured heartfelt lyrics and slurred notes that matched the mood of the lyrics • Started in the South • Described the feelings and lives of blacks living in a racial South • Moved North with the Great Migration • Was incorporated into the Jazz style by Louis Armstrong

JAZZ MUSIC • Style • Mixture of West African rhythms, Afro-American spirituals, Ragtime, European

JAZZ MUSIC • Style • Mixture of West African rhythms, Afro-American spirituals, Ragtime, European harmonies • Ragged or improvised tunes • Sometimes mixed with the blues style • Started in the South • Early 1900 s • New Orleans, LA • Big Brass Band • Scott Joplin – Ragtime Music Style • Joseph “King” Oliver • Moved North with the Great Migration • Northern Artists take a lot of the Jazz sound into their music, creating “Swing”.

COTTON CLUB • Located in the neighborhood of Harlem • Focal point for Afro-American

COTTON CLUB • Located in the neighborhood of Harlem • Focal point for Afro-American music artists • Because of racism, most clubs were “whites only” • Even if they were located in Black neighborhoods w/ Black performers • Many artists went to Europe to perform and were widely accepted • Creating a “Jazz age” especially in Paris

APOLLO THEATER • Located in the Harlem neighborhood • A noted venue for African.

APOLLO THEATER • Located in the Harlem neighborhood • A noted venue for African. American performers • Starting point for many famous black musicians • Originally a whites-only venue

NOTABLES • Musicians • • Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Louis Armstrong Dizzie Gillespie •

NOTABLES • Musicians • • Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Louis Armstrong Dizzie Gillespie • Singers • • Cab Calloway Ella Fitzgerald Bessie Smith Billy Holiday

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