Mod Jazz News Today

Mac on black 45 Views Original mods liked jazz. That’s where the word came from: modernism. In Britain, the beef between mods and rockers had been prefigured in the 50s by modernists – fans of modern jazz – vs traditionalists – acolytes of trad, Dad. I don’t know if this amounted to bike chains on Margate beach (BAM! SOCK! WHAM! THAT’S FOR PLAYING 42 CHORUSES OF TIGER RAG!) but the argument was heartfelt. I’m not quite old enough to remember this in person, but my musica...