Frank Kofsky
Frank Kofsky was an American Marxist historian, author, and Professor of History at California [State University, Sacramento], from 1969 until his death. A musician himself, Kofsky also 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.
In the liner notes for the Impulse! release of The [John Coltrane Quartet Plays], Kofsky gives an analysis on the transition from bop to the avant garde as it relates to Coltrane's career.
Works
- Black Nationalism and the Revolution in Music ; expanded and revised as John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960s.
- Lenny Bruce: The Comedian as Social Critic and Secular Moralist.
- Harry S. Truman and the War Scare of 1948: A Successful Campaign to Deceive the Nation.
- Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz.
Article
- "The State of Jazz", "Black Perspectives in Music," 1977.