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 …

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 …

This 2002 book presents a unique sociological vision of the evolution of jazz in the twentieth
century. Analysing organizational structures and competing discourses in American music …

Jazz was born on the streets, grew up in the clubs, and will die—so some fear—at the
university. Facing dwindling commercial demand and the gradual disappearance of venues …

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 …

Laurie Carlos is always creating a center at the edges of contemporary American theater
practice. With a vision developed over forty years, she is excavating platforms for the …

Operating in the marginalized field of jazz, where sheer economic survival often garners
praise and admiration, Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians …

The general objective of this dissertation is to gain deeper insight into the nature and values
of the jazz community and thereby ultimately to discover more about the meaning of jazz …

Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change: Creativity, Diversity, Integration takes
prevailing discourse about change in music studies to new vistas, as higher education …

New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's
jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin'the Blues Away examines how …