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 ...