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Early French jazzmen; Jazz versus classical; Jazz in the media; Suddenly, the war; The war is over, but the jazz war is coming; A new Django?; Young blood and French bop versus the New Orleans revival; Bebop, hard bop or cool jazz?; Americans in Paris: the 1950s and beyond; French jazz composers in the 1950s; The Belgian connection; Jazz in French movies; French jazz in the 1960s; Free at last!; Mainstream and modern
mainstream in the 1960s; Free music: American players in France—and the European way; Contemporary jazz in the 1970s: another route; From playing jazz to teaching jazz; Jazz in French pop songs, and vice versa; A perpetual change; Young players of the 1980s; New labels, new clubs; Paris, the hub of jazz; French jazz fusion; Improvised music; Mainstream, bop, hard bop and the Coltranism revival; Big bands are back; Public cultural policy; The exponential growth of jazz festivals in France; The return of the accordion and Gypsy jazz; French singers and vocal groups; The final decade of the century: did French jazz lose its sense of direction?; Strictly European; New leaders, composers and improvisers; Women take the stage; French jazz is cosmopolitan; Jazz and the media; Jazz through the arts; French jazz in the new century; Acknowledgements; Listening guide; Bibliography; Websites