In 1897, the city of New Orleans created a legal red-light district nicknamed Storyville. Prostitution, gambling, and drinking were all legal in the district. Wherever you went you could hear the sounds of a new emerging style of music called Jazz. Listen as curator of the Hogan Jazz Oral History Archives at Tulane University, Bruce Raeburn, discusses Storyville’s role in fostering Jazz music.
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