What Did You Do In The Trad Wars Daddy

The conflict between traditional jazz fans and modern jazz fans in Britain during the 1960s was a major cultural divide, particularly among young people and jazz musicians.

It was also a class and cultural divide. The conflict wasn't simply about musical taste. Jazz was tied to different social identities and ideas about authenticity.

Trad jazz had become popular with a broad British audience who bought into the New Orleans narrative, musicians and culture, seeing it, very often, as uncorrupted and authentic, "From The Heart Music". Modern jazz attracted audiences who were particularly interested in American African-American musical developments and the artistic possibilities of jazz.

Jazz clubs could therefore become places where different groups of young people expressed their identity.