New Orleans Jazz Scene (1890–1928)

1. Buddy Bolden leads early jazz-style band

   Jan 1, 1895Labels: Buddy Bolden, New Orleans

   • Britannica
   • NPS Jazz

2. Storyville ordinance passed to regulate prostitution

   Jan 1, 1897Labels: Storyville, Sidney Story

   • HNOC
   • City Archives

3. Storyville district goes into effect

   Jan 1, 1898Labels: Storyville, French Quarter

   • HNOC
   • City Archives

4. Olympia Orchestra helps formalize dance-band jazz

   Jan 1, 1906Labels: Olympia Orchestra, dance band

   • Olympia

5. Bolden’s health collapses; he leaves performing

   Jan 1, 1907Labels: Buddy Bolden, mental hospital

   • Britannica
   • NPS Jazz

6. Original Creole Orchestra takes New Orleans style on tour

   Jan 1, 1913Labels: Original Creole, Freddie Keppard

   • Keppard

7. Jelly Roll Morton publishes “Jelly Roll Blues”

   Jan 1, 1915Labels: Jelly Roll

   • Indiana Lib
   • Jelly Roll Blues

8. First commercial jazz record released by ODJB

   Mar 7, 1917Labels: Original Dixieland, Livery Stable

   • Livery Stable
   • ODJB

9. Storyville closes, disrupting a major music workplace

   Nov 1, 1917Labels: Storyville

   • Storyville
   • City Archives

10. Louis Armstrong moves to Chicago to join King Oliver

    Aug 1, 1922Labels: Louis Armstrong, King Oliver

    • Armstrong House
    • WBEZ

11. King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band records New Orleans style

    Jan 1, 1923Labels: King Oliver, Creole Jazz

    • King Oliver
    • Lincoln Gardens

12. Armstrong begins Hot Five recordings, shifting jazz toward solo focus

    Nov 12, 1925Labels: Louis Armstrong, Hot Five

    • Hot Five

13. “Heebie Jeebies” recording popularizes scat singing

    Feb 26, 1926Labels: Heebie Jeebies, Louis Armstrong

    • Heebie Jeebies
    • Hot Five

14. Red Hot Peppers record “Black Bottom Stomp,” codifying New Orleans ensemble arranging

    Sep 15, 1926Labels: Jelly Roll, Red Hot

    • Black Bottom

15. By 1928, the early New Orleans scene’s center shifts away from the city

    Jan 1, 1928Labels: New Orleans, migration

    • Storyville
    • King Oliver
    • Hot Five