The more deeply I delve into individual stories in the origins of jazz and the blues, the more time it seems that I spend (on the printed page, at any rate) in the vice districts of Memphis, New Orleans, Chicago, etc. There are references to larger than life (or occasionally smaller than life, the the case of Pee Wee in Memphis) characters, crooked cops, political bosses, etc. and I am looking for some well-written histories to flesh this stuff out. Does anyone know of any good books that cover the histories of Storyville, Deep Ellum, etc. in the jazz and blues age?