Circular Breathing The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain by GeorgeMckay 357 Pages, Published 2005 by Duke University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-8728-2, ISBN: 0-8223-8728-X
"... other military or pseudo-military moments facili- 1 a normative masculine
sociocultural alignment. This link helps :plain the masculinity of jazz in Britain,
and can extend to a musilike Dick Heckstall-Smith who for political reasons
refused to do Jational Service. Registering as a conscientious objector, Heckstall
- :h went before a tribunal that permitted him to undertake alter- re public service
in the mid-1950s by working as ..."