What’s Wrong with Rock? (1): Origin (Concluded)

As we noted in the first installment on the origin of rock music in the May issue of the Beacon Lights, jazz had its origins primarily in the whorehouses of New Orleans, although it was also played in the saloons, dance halls, juke-joints and cabarets surrounding the red-light district. The two main elements of New Orleans jazz were the blues and ragtime which, on the one hand, could be considered parents of jazz but, on the other hand. have also continued to exist and develop side by side with...