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Forbidden triads and creative success in jazz:the Miles Davis factor
Title / Series / Name
Applied Network Science
Publication Volume
2
Publication Issue
1
Pages
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Keywords
Creativity
Jazz
Social networks
Success
Weighted networks
Multidisciplinary
Computer Networks and Communications
Computational Mathematics
Jazz
Social networks
Success
Weighted networks
Multidisciplinary
Computer Networks and Communications
Computational Mathematics
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/28544
Abstract
This article argues for the importance of forbidden triads – open triads with high-weight edges – in predicting success in creative fields. Forbidden triads had been treated as a residual category beyond closed and open triads, yet I argue that these structures provide opportunities to combine socially evolved styles in new ways. Using data on the entire history of recorded jazz from 1896 to 2010, I show that observed collaborations have tolerated the openness of high weight triads more than expected, observed jazz sessions had more forbidden triads than expected, and the density of forbidden triads contributed to the success of recording sessions, measured by the number of record releases of session material. The article also shows that the sessions of Miles Davis had received an especially high boost from forbidden triads.
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Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2017-12-01
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ISBN
Identifiers
10.1007/s41109-017-0051-2