Jazz and blues were key elements of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, a time when African Americans in a section of New York City started a movement to celebrate their culture.

• 1920年代的哈林文艺复兴运动是住在纽约市的非裔美人用来颂扬己身文化的活动，而爵士及蓝调则是这项运动中不可或缺的要素 。