Some jazz is all fingers and thumbs, in Paris that is (5)
I believe the answer is:
dixie
'some jazz is all fingers and thumbs' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'paris that is' is the wordplay.
'paris' becomes 'dix' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'dix'+'ie'='DIXIE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dixie that I've seen before include "South America's" , "Camp-kettle" , "The Deep South" , "Southern states that seceded from the USA in 1861" , "Large iron cooking pot" .)