CONTENTS

Laurent Cugny, Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pace
François Jeanneau, schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
André Hodeir, Two-time research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Philippe Michel, The rhythms of Ragtime: an analysis. . . . . . . . . 21
Improvisation
Gilles Mouellic, Improvisation: jazz, as a model of bebop to free jazz. . . . 35
Patrick Villanueva, Jazz and fashion: a renaissance? . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Franz Kerschbaumer, modal improvisation in the music of Miles Davis. . . . . . 69
Laurent Cugny, on rhythm-a-ning: about a manuscript of Gil Evans. . . . . 77
Sound
Philippe Carles, The sound of jazz, interview with François Delalande. . . . . 87
Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . 101
Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 103