With the way this project is designed, it sets the audience up to view some musicians as more important than others due to being connected to more people. There are, of course, more factors that determine the importance of a musician than just who they know. This could mislead people who are seeking to better understand the history of jazz but haven’t done any other prior research.
Does it best reflect the goals and values of digital humanities?
Despite the possible misunderstanding that might arise, this aspect of the project does seem to reflect the values of digital humanities, since it still does a good job of publishing and sharing cultural data.