British trad jazz movement

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The British trad jazz movement was a mid-20th-century revival of early New Orleans and Dixieland jazz in the UK, characterized by bands that emphasized collective improvisation and traditional acoustic instrumentation.

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instanceOf jazz revival movement
music movement
country United Kingdom
culturalContext British youth culture of the 1950s
post war British popular music
declineFactor emergence of British beat groups
rise of rock and roll
genre traditional jazz
influenced British rhythm and blues scene
British skiffle craze
influencedBy Dixieland jazz
New Orleans jazz
location Glasgow
Liverpool
London
linked to: London, England

Manchester
mediaExposure BBC radio
linked to: BBC Radio

British television
notableBand Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
Chris Barber Jazz Band
linked to: Chris Barber

Humphrey Lyttelton Band
Ken Colyer Jazzmen
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
notableFigure Acker Bilk
Chris Barber
George Melly
Humphrey Lyttelton
Ken Colyer
Kenny Ball
Terry Lightfoot
peakPopularity early 1960s
revivalOf Dixieland jazz
early New Orleans jazz
stylisticFeature acoustic instrumentation
collective improvisation
ensemble playing over solo virtuosity
four beat rhythm section
frontline of trumpet clarinet and trombone
timePeriod 1950s
early 1960s
late 1940s
typicalInstrument banjo
clarinet
cornet
double bass
drums
piano
trombone
trumpet
tuba

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Bad Penny Blues partOf British trad jazz movement