We examine recorded jazz as a musical innovation of the early twentieth century. Consistent
with much research on radical innovations, the dominant incumbent record companies …

There are over a million jazz recordings, but only a few hundred tunes have been recorded
repeatedly. Why did a minority of songs become jazz standards? Why do some songs--and …

We draw on a survey of jazz musicians to examine their economic success (annual amount
of money earned through music) and critical success (national recognition of their talent). In …

Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate
and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the …

This history of jazz, spanning the twentieth century, is the first to place it within the broad
context of American culture. Burton Peretti argues persuasively that this distinctive American …

Jazz has been around for over a hundred years but how much do we know about its history,
and how much of what think we know is true? Beginning in the so called Jazz Age of the …

This article attempts to tie together some ideas on writing and teaching jazz history that have
been weighing on my mind for the past few years. I am primarily interested in developing a …

The long, arduous passage of jazz from a despised, marginal entertainment to the solid
respect conferred by academe has relatively little to do with the music, and a great deal to do …

Traditional jazz studies have tended to see jazz in purely musical terms, as a series of
changes in rhythm, tonality, and harmony, or as a parade of great players. But jazz has also …

To many jazz aficionados, the name Rudy Van Gelder is virtually synonymous with jazz
recording. Still active today, this reclusive self-taught craftsman is by far the most prolific and …