Rashida K. Braggs is Assistant Professor in the Program of Africana Studies at Williams College.

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction:Migrating Jazz People and Identities 1. Performing Jazz Diaspora With Sidney Bechet 2. Jazz At Home In France: French Jazz Musicians on the Warpath To “Authentic” Jazz 3. Inez Cavanaugh: Creating And Complicating Jazz Community 4. Boris Vian And James Baldwin In Paris: Are We A Blues People, Too? 5. Kenny Clarke’s Journey Between “Black” And “Universal” Music Coda: Beyond Color-Blind Narratives: Reading Behind The Scenes Of Paris Blues Notes Works Cited Index

"A fascinating look into an important chapter in cultural history." Kirkus Reviews "Un libro apasionante, bien documentado y basico para entender la migracion de musicos afroamericanos de jazz a Europa." ("A fascinating book, well documented and fundamental to understand the migration of African American jazz musicians to Europe.") Tango Reporter

Rashida K. Braggs is Assistant Professor in the Program of Africana Studies at Williams College.

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction:Migrating Jazz People and Identities 1. Performing Jazz Diaspora With Sidney Bechet 2. Jazz At Home In France: French Jazz Musicians on the Warpath To “Authentic” Jazz 3. Inez Cavanaugh: Creating And Complicating Jazz Community 4. Boris Vian And James Baldwin In Paris: Are We A Blues People, Too? 5. Kenny Clarke’s Journey Between “Black” And “Universal” Music Coda: Beyond Color-Blind Narratives: Reading Behind The Scenes Of Paris Blues Notes Works Cited Index

"A fascinating look into an important chapter in cultural history." Kirkus Reviews "Un libro apasionante, bien documentado y basico para entender la migracion de musicos afroamericanos de jazz a Europa." ("A fascinating book, well documented and fundamental to understand the migration of African American jazz musicians to Europe.") Tango Reporter

Rashida K. Braggs is Assistant Professor in the Program of Africana Studies at Williams College.

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction:Migrating Jazz People and Identities 1. Performing Jazz Diaspora With Sidney Bechet 2. Jazz At Home In France: French Jazz Musicians on the Warpath To “Authentic” Jazz 3. Inez Cavanaugh: Creating And Complicating Jazz Community 4. Boris Vian And James Baldwin In Paris: Are We A Blues People, Too? 5. Kenny Clarke’s Journey Between “Black” And “Universal” Music Coda: Beyond Color-Blind Narratives: Reading Behind The Scenes Of Paris Blues Notes Works Cited Index

"A fascinating look into an important chapter in cultural history." Kirkus Reviews "Un libro apasionante, bien documentado y basico para entender la migracion de musicos afroamericanos de jazz a Europa." ("A fascinating book, well documented and fundamental to understand the migration of African American jazz musicians to Europe.") Tango Reporter