Soho Scene

the London jazz scene was thriving but divided into two very different playing styles. The trad jazz scene was holed up at the 100 Club whereas across the road at The Marquee, modernist aspirations were fulfilled on Sunday evenings. If you wanted all night action, then you would head to The Flamingo Club in Wardour Street, where on dark and moody Saturdays, Soho's underworld figures converged for sessions that ran from midnight to 6am. Dance crazes such as The Twist and The Madison were taking off at various sophisticated venues in the West End. Modernists wouldn't be seen here though; their clubs were unlicensed premises in dark smoky basements serving a wholesome menu of Coca-Cola and hamburgers.