Although not specifically on the issue of management, Marc Myers' excellent Why Jazz Happened will give you an instructive picture of the social and financial background to jazz of that period.
Looks like the Lucky Thompson track is from this:
http://pict2.ec-sites.jp/img/2713/289907/480/20140523143432.jpg
http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/lucky-thompson/3483-accent-on-tenor-sax.html