Tony Jackson (pianist)
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Antonio Junius "Tony" Jackson was an American pianist, singer, and composer.
Tony Jackson in the 1910s in Chicago
Advertising flyer of Jackson, ca. 1910
Storyville, New Orleans
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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. It was established by municipal ordinance under the New Orleans City Council, to regulate prostitution. Sidney Story
Tony Jackson (pianist)
…when he began playing piano during off hours at a Tonk run by bandleader Adam Olivier. Jackson became the most popular and sought after entertainer in Storyville. He was said to be able to remember and play any tune he had heard once, and was hardly ever stumped by obscure requests. His repertory included ragtime…
One of the few surviving buildings from Storyville, 2005 photograph. 100 years earlier, the "New Image Supermarket" building housed Frank Early's saloon, where Tony Jackson regularly played.
Portrait of a sex worker in Storyville. Photograph by E. J. Bellocq, 1912.