![]() ![]() When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre-affectionately referred to as "The Harlem of Paris" byblack American musicians-Harlan jumps at the opportunity, convincing Lizard to join him. ![]() After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomesa professional musician. The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. ![]()
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