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Given that Paris is one of the great international hubs, it's not surprising that Paris Combo's music applies imported influences like Manouche (Gypsy) swing a la Django Reinhardt, American bebop, and North African rhythms to a base of sophisticated French chanson. The latter style, with its wistful balladry and dance-friendly two-steps, waltzes, and javas, is now a jealously guarded tradition, but these tunes are a modern take on what came before. The instrumentals are at once arch and utterly earnest. Similarly, although lead singer-lyricist Belle du Berry is the latest in an unbroken line of sly, kittenish female vocalists that includes Francoise Hardy and Jane Birkin, she's less of a fantasy figure; here is a woman who is in charge of how she presents herself. Fans of elegant cabaret music should snap this up. --Christina Roden

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