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Apr 26, 2023 · We've put together a 40-track playlist featuring the essential songs of the Harlem Renaissance - from Billie Holiday to Duke Ellington and more.
- Take The A Train
- Strange Fruit
- Savoy Blues
- Ain’T Misbehavin’
- Doctor Jazz
- What Caused The Harlem Renaissance?
Written by Billy Strayhorn for the Duke Ellington Orchestrawhere it became their signature song, Take The A Train references the migration to the Harlem district of New York City. In particular, it talks of the Sugar Hill neighbourhood which became a popular place for wealthy African Americans to live during the Harlem Renaissance. In the 1920s and...
‘Strange Fruit’, written and composed by Abel Meeropol, was recorded by Billie Holidayin 1939 and is widely considered to be one of the first protest songs. The lyrics – adapted from a poem by Meeropol that had been published in 1937 – are haunting, describing hanging corpses of lynched black Americans as if they were the fruit of a tree: “Southern...
Louis Armstrongis widely considered the grandfather of jazz, and his work at spreading the music as an art form took place during the Harlem Renaissance. He recorded a number of iconic tracks with his Hot Five & Hot Seven groups, including this joyful version of ‘Savoy Blues’. ‘Savoy Blues’ was not, in fact, named after the famous venue in Harlem, ...
Fats Waller is widely regarded as a pioneer of early jazz during the Harlem Renaissance movement – in particular his virtuosic and revolutionary stride piano playing. His version of “Ain’t Misbehavin”is perhaps the best of the best; a joyous tune, excellently showcasing Fats’ playing with its bouncing, joyful jaunt. The song was released in 1929 an...
‘Jelly Roll’ Morton was an extremely influential jazz pianist in the early part of the 20th Century and one of the early players credited with combining individual improvisation with rehearsed arrangements; a format which would become a staple of jazz. A pioneer of ragtime music, his version of Doctor Jazz was recorded by Morton with his Red Hot Pe...
Lasting from the 1910s to the mid-1930s, there were several independent factors which led to this golden era of black American music, philosophy, art & literature. On a national level, a shortage of work in the South (caused by natural disasters in 1915/16) and a shortage of workers in the North (caused by lower immigration) led to The Great Migrat...
1. Song: Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald 2. Song: Deep Moaning Blues - Ma Rainey 3. Song: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Ethel Waters 4. Song: Smooth Operator - Dorothy...
The songs included are representative works by some of the most influential musicians of the Harlem Renaissance, and represent an indomitable spirit and work ethic often associated with the...
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Album. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2002 CD release of "...Harlem's Greatest" on Discogs.
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