The Jazz Scene: The Beginnings of Soul.

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The influence of the jazz scene from that era cannot be underestimated in the shaping of underground club culture ...it was in these sort of clubs that the first hearings of early Black American fledgling soul music started to filter thru....what is more amazing is that the modernists actually started to make an appearance after the Second World war...but because the style at that stage..fitted in with what most was wearing...the modernists were able to quietly remain underground....because unlike the Teds....it wasnt a uniform...Britian in the 50s went thru a jazz boom...with trad jazz and beatnicks etc....however....in the mid 50s....another side started to emerge...modern jazz....cool ...clean...which attracted their own following...Young Jewish kids....who initially went to dances for jewish young folk..but by quirk...ended up...fashioning a sub culture based on fashion and music...the legacy is till here....Delxxxx

Thanks very much for posting up the excerpts from the mag John. Fascinating historical reading.

yes, a lot of proto soul R&B records got listed in things like Jazz Journal back in the day, definitely an early hint of what was to come.