Editing Rent party (section)

== Legacy ==
Rent parties had a great impact on dance within the 1920s. Due to these parties being so crowded and highly energetic, the dance styles were often erratic and unpredictable. Dance styles, like the [[Lindy Hop]], were invented through these parties. The Lindy Hop in particular was a jazz-based dance style that was heavily based on improvisation and swing dancing. This dance style would eventually gain popularity at the [[Savoy Ballroom]], a very popular ballroom in Harlem that was the center of recreation and cultural life.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.swinginblues.com/house-rent-parties/|title=House Rent Parties: The Vintage Swing & Blues Era|date=2013-02-14|website=Jered Morin|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>

Rent parties were also the birthplace of new forms of music. [[Stride (music)|Stride piano]] playing had emerged, which involved the left hand performing rhythmic chords, while the right had would play out blues melodies and riffs. The play style emerged due to the crowded nature of the parties, with the tenants wanting to hire as few musicians as possible. Because of this, lone piano players would have to entertain the entire party. The busy nature of the play style would compensate for the lack of an actual band. The style was referred to as the "Harlem Stride" and was popularized by several notable jazz musicians, such as James P Johnson, [[Fats Waller]], and [[Willie "The Lion" Smith]].<ref name=":2" />

Renowned writer and poet [[Langston Hughes]] personally collected various rent party tickets and wrote and about his fond memories of rent parties. As a poet, he was fond of the little rhymes found on each of the party tickets and would store them in a personal collection. These can be found now amidst his other papers within the Yale [[Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/langston-hughes-personal-collection-of-rent-party-ads.html|title=Discover Langston Hughes' Rent Party Ads & The Harlem Renaissance Tradition of Playing Gigs to Keep Roofs Over Heads|website=Open Culture|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19|last4=August 2, 2017}}</ref>

The rent party experienced a revival during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Due to the disappearance of paid gigs during the [[lockdown]] in the United States, pianist and Harlem resident [[Emmet Cohen]] started his version of the rent party as an online streaming concert on Monday nights to provide income for his trio with bassist Russell Hall, drummer Kyle Poole, as well as other musicians living or traveling through  New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=Live from Loeb Playhouse: Emmet Cohen Trio and the Live From Emmet's Place All-Stars |url=https://www.purdue.edu/convocations/live-from-loeb-playhouse-emmet-cohen-trio-and-the-live-from-emmets-place-all-stars/ |website=Convos Purdue Convocations |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref> The concert series is titled "Live From Emmet's Place." The in-person audience was limited to eight while the live online audience averaged 1000 attendees on [[Facebook]] and [[YouTube]]. One of the uploaded concert videos featuring singer [[Cyrille Aimee]] has accumulated over 4 million views.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Allen |title=Live From Emmet's Place: inside New York's most exclusive jazz concert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/18/live-from-emmets-place-jazz |work=The Guardian |date=18 July 2022 }}</ref>