Editing Harlem (section)

===Music===
[[File:Black Ivory promo10.jpg|thumb|[[Black Ivory]] in Harlem 2017]]
Many R&B/Soul groups and artists formed in Harlem. [[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]], [[Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers]], [[Black Ivory]], [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]], [[Keith Sweat]], [[Freddie Jackson]], [[Alyson Williams]], [[Johnny Kemp]], [[Teddy Riley]], [[Dave Wooley]], and others got their start in Harlem.

Manhattan's contributions to [[hip-hop]] stems largely from artists with Harlem roots such as [[Doug E. Fresh]], [[Big L]], [[Kurtis Blow]], [[The Diplomats]], [[Mase]] or [[Immortal Technique]]. Harlem is also the birthplace of popular hip-hop dances such as the [[Harlem shake (dance)|Harlem shake]], toe wop, and [[Chicken Noodle Soup (Webstar song)|Chicken Noodle Soup]].

Harlem's [[classical music]] birthed organizations and chamber ensembles such as [[Roberta Guaspari]]'s Opus 118,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=Meryl Streep plays violin in Music of the Heart |url=https://www.thestrad.com/video/meryl-streep-plays-violin-in-music-of-the-heart/3828.article |website=The Strad |language=en |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629003842/https://www.thestrad.com/video/meryl-streep-plays-violin-in-music-of-the-heart/3828.article |url-status=live }}</ref> Harlem Chamber Players,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=The Apollo Theater, ACO & NBT to Present THE GATHERING: A COLLECTIVE SONIC RING SHOUT |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-Apollo-Theater-ACO-NBT-to-Present-THE-GATHERING-A-COLLECTIVE-SONIC-RING-SHOUT-20220420 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512004558/https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-Apollo-Theater-ACO-NBT-to-Present-THE-GATHERING-A-COLLECTIVE-SONIC-RING-SHOUT-20220420 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Omnipresent Music Festival BIPOC Musicians Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Escobar |first1=Christine |title=EVENTS: Violinist Creates New Music Fest to Showcase BBIPOC artists |url=https://www.representclassical.com/news-1/events-harlem-violinist-creates-new-omnipresent-music-festival-to-showcase-bipoc-artists |website=Represent Classical |date=July 23, 2021 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005021457/https://www.representclassical.com/news-1/events-harlem-violinist-creates-new-omnipresent-music-festival-to-showcase-bipoc-artists |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harlem Quartet]], and musicians such as violinist [[Edward W. Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=Jessie |title=He followed his passion for classical music from Harlem to Colorado |url=https://www.cpr.org/2022/02/02/he-followed-his-passion-for-classical-music-from-harlem-to-colorado/ |website=Colorado Public Radio |publisher=CPR Classical |language=en |date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523143237/https://www.cpr.org/2022/02/02/he-followed-his-passion-for-classical-music-from-harlem-to-colorado/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1920s, African-American pianists who lived in Harlem invented their own style of jazz piano, called [[Stride (music)|stride]], which was heavily influenced by [[ragtime]]. This style played a very important role in early jazz piano<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YgALtJ2GKIUC&q=harlem+stride&pg=PA148 |title=New York Modern: The Arts and the City |first1=William B. |last1=Scott |first2=Peter M. |last2=Rutkoff |date=August 14, 2001 |publisher=JHU Press |via=Google Books |isbn=9780801867934 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027210519/https://books.google.com/books?id=YgALtJ2GKIUC&q=harlem+stride&pg=PA148#v=snippet&q=harlem%20stride&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTKvDAAAQBAJ&q=stride+piano+importance+in+jazz&pg=PT3 |title=How to Play Solo Jazz Piano |first=John |last=Valerio |date=August 1, 2016 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |via=Google Books |isbn=9781495073663 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027210520/https://books.google.com/books?id=eTKvDAAAQBAJ&q=stride+piano+importance+in+jazz&pg=PT3#v=snippet&q=stride%20piano%20importance%20in%20jazz&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>