Shaping jazz : cities, labels, and the global emergence of an art form /

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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 not others--get rerecorded by many musicians? Shaping Jazz answers this question and more, exploring the underappreciated ye...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Phillips, Damon J., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Jazz > Social aspects.
Jazz > History and criticism.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Jazz
Jazz > Social aspects
Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : sociological congruence and the shaping of recorded jazz
  • The puzzle of geographical disconnectedness
  • Further exploring the salience of geography
  • Sociological congruence and the puzzle of early German jazz
  • Sociological congruence and record company comparative advantage
  • The sociological congruence of record company deception
  • The sociological congruence of identity sequences and adoption narratives
  • Pulling it together and stretching It beyond.

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