Harlem

Harlem was a place that was unusually revolutionary.  One reform was in music, in Harlem, genres of music called Blues and Jazz  were formed there.  Famous musicians such as Duke Ellington and James Reese Europe came out of here.  In Harlem, there were music clubs all over, and famous musicians such as Duke Ellington would play at these clubs.  The genre, Blues, was developed out of poetry, the Harlem Renaissance poets often wrote their poems with a beat, and musicians took this idea and made great music out of it.  Blues gave way to a number of music genres, and many of the genres that are popular today were formed out of Blues.  Music was a major part of the Harlem culture.