Shaping jazz: cities, labels, and the global emergence of an art form
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Main Author: Phillips, Damon J. 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 2013
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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 yet crucial roles played by initial production and markets--in particular, organizations and geography--in the development of early twentieth-century jazz. Damon Phillips considers why places like New York played more important roles as engines of diffusion than as the sources of stan
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
ISBN:0691150885
1299652085
140084648X
9780691150888
9781299652088
9781400846481

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