Early, at the center of the then-legal prostitution district commonly called Storyville. But more on point to this story, the saloon also was a performance venue for a popular, innovative and ...

In 1917, the U.S. Navy, fearing dissipation and violence among sailors, shuts down Storyville, scattering jazz musicians, who join riverboat bands or move to cities such as Memphis, Chicago ...

(WAFB) - There was widespread gambling, the birth of jazz and legal brothels all part of a time more than a century ago when New Orleans had a neighborhood known as Storyville. “Storyville was ...