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Aug 18, 2021 · A new retrospective shines a light on the British jazz explosion of the late 60s and early 70s, a scene that mirrored the ambitious world of pop and rock.
- Charles Waring
The influence of jazz on fashion extended to high couture in the mid-20th century. Iconic figures like Miles Davis and Duke Ellington became style icons , collaborating with renowned fashion designers and making a mark in the world of luxury fashion.
However, young British musicians began to develop new approaches to modern jazz, often now influenced by rock music and eventually also rebelling against Scott’s, Hayes’ and Dankworth’s reliance on American musical models. These approaches came to be called ‘contemporary jazz’.
May 23, 2023 · Key elements of the mod subculture encompassed fashion, charactersied by impeccably tailored suits; music genres like soul, rhythm and blues, ska, and predominantly jazz; and the iconic motor scooters, typically Lambretta or Vespa models.
Dec 17, 2020 · Subversion Through Jazz: The Birth Of British Progressive Jazz In A Cold War Climate. Matt Parker considers whether progressive British jazz of the 1960s had a political effect on society. Its small audience figures say probably not.
- Barry Witherden
British jazz is a form of music derived from American jazz. It reached Britain through recordings and performers who visited the country while it was a relatively new genre, soon after the end of World War I. Jazz began to be played by British musicians from the 1930s and on a widespread basis in the 1940s, often within dance bands.
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Jazz provoked reactions ranging from devotion to abhorrence when the idea, and then the sound, of the music first entered the consciousness of the British public in the aftermath of the First World War.
