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Early impulses: 1920–21; Norwegian pioneers; The great bandleaders; Pre-war small bands; Funny Boys; New impulses (1933–40); Rhythm clubs and swing clubs; Swinging into the war; String Swing (1938–43); From the Oslo Swing Club to the Seven Merries (1939–43); From gloom to hope (1943–45); The Hot Club period: hot and short
(1945–47); Slow optimism and a new diversity (1947–50); Experiments, the lure of Sweden, foreign visitors and the golden year (1950–55); A small collapse (1956); The golden age: between the Marshall Plan and the Vietnam War (1957–64); The great collapse (1964–65); A slow revival (1965–73); A new golden age: from the
Vietnam War to YAPs10 (1974–89); The 1990s; Listening guide; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C;