Frank Kofsky

Frank Kofsky

Frank Kofsky (1935 - 1997) was an American Marxist historian and author who was a Professor of History at California State University, Sacramento, from 1969 until his death. A musician himself, Kofksy wrote several books on Jazz mainly concentrating on the avant-garde of the 1960s and the relationship between musicians and the industry on which they depend.

Works

*"Harry S. Truman and the War Scare of 1948: A Successful Campaign to Deceive the Nation"
*"Black Nationalism and the Revolution in Music" expanded and revised as "John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960's"
*"Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz"
*"Lenny Bruce: The Comedian as Social Critic and Secular Moralist"


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