[Dixielandjazz] Traditional? Dixie?

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

on a related note, I encountered the following statement:

*"Pops Foster: The Autobiography of a New Orleans Jazzman"*
>
> From about 1900 on, there were three types of bands playing in New
> Orleans. You had bands that played ragtime, ones that played sweet music,
> and the ones that played nothin' but blues. A band like John Robichaux's
> played nothin' but sweet music and played the dirty affairs. On a Saturday
> night Frankie Duson's Eagle Band would play the Masonic Hall because he
> played a whole lot of blues. A band like the Magnolia Band would play
> ragtime and work the District...All the bands around New Orleans would play
> quadrilles starting about midnight. When you did that nice people would
> know it was time to go home because things got rough after that.


given that Nat Shilkret or Paul Whiteman's sort of 'sweet' was decades
away, what did he mean by 'sweet'? Especially considering they'd take all
the "dirty affairs" (which maybe also could stand some defining ;)