The Death of “Snakehips” Johnson

from Viewpoints – Placecloud · host Oscar Nearly

London, United Kingdom. On March 8th, 1941, the Café de Paris – 'the safest and gayest restaurant in town' – was destroyed in the Blitz. Among the dead was one of the most important figures in Black British jazz: Ken "Snakehips" Johnson. This viewpoint includes extracts from 'Snakehips Swing' by Ken "Snakehips" Johnson and his West Indian Dance Orchestra, available on 'Black British Swing: The African Diaspora's Contribution To England's Own Jazz of the 1930s and 1940s'. [CW: war; death]

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