Harlem Renaissance

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Across
  1. 1. Trumpet legend nicknamed “Satchmo”
  2. 2. Improvisational music born from African American culture
  3. 5. Legendary performance venue on 125th Street
  4. 8. Reed instrument central to many jazz solos
  5. 9. Jazz singer who recorded the haunting song “Strange Fruit”
  6. 10. Brass instrument played by Louis Armstrong
Down
  1. 1. Poet who captured everyday Black life in verse
  2. 2. Artist known for storytelling through painted series
  3. 3. “Empress of the Blues”
  4. 4. New York neighborhood at the center of a cultural movement
  5. 6. First Lady of Song famous for vocal improvisation
  6. 7. Harlem Renaissance poet known for traditional poetic forms