爵士乐初期的三十年(1/2)

The city of New Orleans features prominently in early development of jazz. A port city with doors to the spicy sounds of the Caribbean and Mexico and a large, well-established black population, the Crescent City was ripe for the development of new music at the turn of the century. New Orleans was home to great early clarinetists Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone and Sidney Bechet. Chicago became the focal point for jazz in the early 1920s when New Orleans musicians found their way north after clubs in the Storyville area of New Orleans were closed. Chicago was a magnet for musicians in the Mid-West.

新奥尔良在爵士乐发展初期起着举足轻重的作用。它对不同风格的加勒比海、墨西哥及黑人音乐敞开门户,使新奥尔良市在世纪初具备了发展新兴音乐的成熟条件。新奥尔良是早期单簧管演奏家Johnny Dodds，Jimmy Noone和Sidney Bechet的家乡。 二十年代初，新奥尔良的大批音乐家流向北方，芝加哥成为爵士乐发展的焦点,起因是新奥尔良Storyville地区许多俱乐部的倒闭。芝加哥成为了中西部地区音乐家的栖息地。