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- 1. The Harlem Renaissance
2. 3. A Report byDonnie Allen
4. 1918 - 1935
The Harlem Renaissance was a short period only lasting less than 20
years, yet it has proven to be one of the most influential times in
musical history.
Harlem was the perfect storm as thousands migrated from the south
after slavery was abolished.
5. Whites began to take notice of the blues and jazz sound
emanating from the Harlem scene during the Roaring 20s. With the
War over and America industrializing, hope and the feelings of good
times ahead were strong. The black community had a new beginning
and for the first time felt the freedom they had been deprived for
so long.
6. Before the Renaissance era began, hard times were still an
influence on the lives of the artists that would later become
legends such as Billie Holiday.
7. Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagon and later nicknamed Lady
Day, was primarily raised by her grandmother until she was 10 years
old. Billies mom had moved to Harlem and she soon followed.At age
11 her mom came home and found her being raped by a neighbor.
8. With no formal training, by the age of 17, she was already
making a name for herself singing in clubs and caught the attention
of John Hammond who arranged her recording debut by the age of 18
with Benny Goodman.
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6RwSsHSIfs
Billie Holiday and Louis ArmstrongPerforming The Blues are
Brewin.
10. Some of the clubs that reached iconic status, such as the
Apollo Theatre and the Cotton Club, were host to many of the
Legends that shaped the Harlem Renaissance and paved the way for
the new future of African-American music.
11. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra at the Cotton Club
12. Duke Ellington is one of the most influential musicians of the
Harlem Renaissance. He was a gifted piano player and song writer
and would perform at the Cotton Club regularly along with his
orchestra.
13. Born in 1899, Edward Ellington grew up in Washington D.C. and
was taught to be well mannered and elegant by his mother. Because
of his respectful and dignified attitude, it earned him the
nickname Duke.
14. Duke had moved to Harlem after his drummer was recruited to a
New York orchestra. He had a style of his own and was the first
musician to use the term swing in connection to music.
15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg
Duke and his orchestra performing It dont mean a thing.
16. Many well know artists were impacted by these legends of the
Renaissance.
17. With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during
her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is
Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single
musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most
important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty
years.
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18. With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during
her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is
Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single
musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most
important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty
years.
- Frank Sinatra
19. - Frank Sinatra
20. As the Great Depression began to impact America the optimism of
the Renaissance began fade.
21. As the Great Depression began to impact America the optimism of
the Renaissance began fade.
22. Icons such as Langston Hughes emerged from this transition.
Being a writer and a poet, he was able to give a strong voice for
the black community and continue to be a positive influence after
the Renaissance.
23. "The Harlem Renaissance didn't end... [it] pried open a lot of
reluctant doors and those who came after learned how to shoulder
those doors open even wider. The guiding principles of the Harlem
Renaissance survived and flourished."-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
24. Some may say that the Renaissance ended in 1935. Others contend
that it really never ended. One thing is for certain, this brief
window allowed the world to see the beauty and grace of the
African-American culture that had been lying dormant and oppressed
for so long.
25. Works Cited
examiner.comencylopedia.comdukeellington.comutaseptember2010theharlemrenaissance.blogspot.combillieholiday.comyoutube.com