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
standards. He demonstrates why and when certain geographical
references in tune and group titles were considered more desirable.
He also explains why a place like Berlin, which produced jazz
abundantly from the 1920s to early 1930s, is now on jazz's
historical sidelines. Phillips shows the key influences of firms in
the recording industry, including how record companies and their
executives affected what music was recorded, and why major
companies would rerelease recordings under artistic pseudonyms. He
indicates how a recording's appeal was related to the narrative
around its creation, and how the identities of its firm and
musicians influenced the tune's long-run popularity.
Applying fascinating ideas about market emergence to a music's
commercialization, "Shaping Jazz" offers a unique look at the
origins of a groundbreaking art form.
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