MU239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Buddy Bolden, Yellow Fever, Ragtime
9 Oct 2018
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Trade restrictions lifted on the mississippi river following the louisiana purchase in. Prosperous, cosmopolitan environment that few cities in the new world could match. However, by the time of birth of jazz, new orleans was already a city in decline. Jazz was associated with sin, musicians had to be interviewed to prove they hadn"t played in a brothel. However, it"s suspected that buddy bolden got many of his tunes from a baptist. In 1878, 2% of new orleans inhabitants died from the yellow fever epidemic. No sewage system until 1892, creating a breeding ground for mosquitoes, roaches, and vermin. The average lifespan for a black native in 1880 was only 36, the span for a white native was 46 years old. The obsession with parties and celebrations was perhaps a way to cope with the rise in deaths, acting as a self-defense mechanism. New orleans was named after philippe charles d" orleans, a debauched noble .
