In 1897, Sidney Story, an alderman in New Orleans, put forth an ordinance confining vice to a 16-square-block area outside the French Quarter. The area was named Storyville after him, and has been ...

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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, St ...

In 1919, a jazz-loving killer known as the "Axeman" terrorized New Orleans — but a century later, one local historian believes the murderer may have been an Axewoman.

On the New Orleans scene since 1981, the Storyville Stompers Brass Band has built its reputation on being true to the traditional style of this music. The ensemble, led by the much-loved sousaphonist ...

NEW ORLEANS — For the first time on stage at Jazz Fest, a band of New Orleans high school buddies is about to step on stage. They call themselves the Beverly Hills Polo Club.