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Jazz and Blues influenced the Harlem Renaissance because it was very popular at the time. It influenced American popular music. Jazz and Blues also inspired most artists in the time of the Harlem Renaissance to keep going in there career. It helped the Artisits concentrate also because the music was very calm and it mellowed you down and the music would help the artists concentrate while they were doing artwork.

The type of entertainment that was found in Harlem during the Renaissance was that they like to paint and create art. Also there were comedy clubs and Jazz clubs. At those clubs they listened to Jazz and Blues and it was the most popular type of music back then and just about everybody loved listening to Jazz and Blues anywhere they went. This is because it was very good music and it was good to listen to beacuse it soothed you and calmed you down. *Duke Ellington His life and influence of the Harlem Renaissance was very important because he was considered one of the most greatest musicians in the period of the Harlem Renaissance. Duke Ellington had a band in many theaters and night clubs during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. His musical compositions and rhythms transcend the spectrum of classical music, Jazz, choral music, gospel, spiritual, blues and dance. His life affected many others because of his peaceful and calm music and people could connect to his music. If he wasn't alive during the time of the Harlem Renaissance it would've been changed a lot with how music was in the time of the Harlem Renaissance. 4. List the websites used for this research. [|http://www.tcnj.edu/~messmer2/index.h][|tm] [] [] [] [] [] [] []