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Fields, networks, and flow: the complex adaptive system of the jazz jam session
Publication . Futre Pinheiro, Ricardo Nuno
Jazz jam sessions are historically idealized as informal performative occasions for spontaneous, unmediated expression. However, this study draws on ethnographic evidence from the New York jazz scene to demonstrate that these gatherings function as highly structured, integrated regulatory systems that are essential to the cultural, social, and economic realms of the jazz world. By synthesizing Pierre Bourdieu’s Field Theory, Social Network Analysis, and Distributed Cognition models, this article conceptualizes the jam session as a complex adaptive system. The analysis identifies a triadic feedback loop in which micro-level musical interactions (distributed cognition) scale up to form meso-level relational structures (social networks), which are subsequently regulated by macro-level hierarchies and stylistic norms (the field). Through mechanisms such as the »Virtue Loop« and the »Regulatory Brake,« jam sessions function as high-frequency filters that manage capital conversion and gatekeep professional mobility. This research ultimately positions the jam session not as an informal by product of the scene, but as a central institutional engine that ensures the survival and transformation of jazz culture in the 21st century.
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