From jazz and blues to classical music, the sounds of Harlem musicians permeated cabarets, rent parties, clubs, and concert halls.
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Fletcher Henderson
Fats Waller
Cab Calloway
Chick Webb
Eubie Blake
James P. Johnson
William Grant Still
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