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Figure 1: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images/Gjon Mili, (n. d.). Duke Ellignton and Cab Collaway performing at the famous Cotton Club during the Harlem Renaissance [Photo] History.com In the 20th century, jazz music and musicians introduced an African American music creation that presented a European harmonic structure combined perfectly with African rhythmic intricacy, elaborating a broad style of compositions as a new form of entertainment in America (Dunkel, 2012). Jazz was also a contr

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