Changing the Beat

A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians (2003)

This study examines the worklife of jazz musicians in New York, Detroit, San Francisco and New Orleans. Information from jazz artists using 2 different survey sampling methodologies - respondent-driven-sampling and a random sample of musician union members - are analyzed and discussed. 2003.

The 3 volume study is available in PDF:

» Download the Executive Summary
» Download Part II
» Download Part III