The study of organizations and markets suffers from the underdevelopment of disconnected
producers. This article emphasizes the imputed identities of sources to argue that difficult-to …

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

The diffusion of jazz into the musical mainstream during the 1920s served as a site for the
struggle to define ongoing changes both in the arts and in the broader society. I analyze the …

This article presents an analysis of the musical syncretism involved in the development of a
modern jazz tradition in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. It shows …

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 …

After twenty years in the marginal wilderness, jazz is gearing up to slip out of its ghetto
again. While it's still true that only 3—4 percent of recording consumers pick up the CDs in …

The origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the speakeasies of
Chicago. By the nineteen fifties, a musical renaissance transformed jazz into a high art form …

This paper nuances our understanding of the ongoing transition within the North American
music industry. It extends the existing analysis of the so‐called “MP 3 Crisis” by exploring the …