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.

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。