# Frank Kofsky

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American historian (1935–1997)

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**Frank Kofsky** (1935–1997) was an [American](/source/Americans) [Marxist](/source/Marxist) historian, author, and Professor of History at [California State University, Sacramento](/source/California_State_University%2C_Sacramento), from 1969 until his death.[1] A musician himself, Kofsky also wrote several books on [jazz](/source/Jazz), mainly concentrating on the avant-garde of the 1960s and the relationship between musicians and the industry on which they depend.[2]

In the liner notes for the [Impulse!](/source/Impulse!_Records) release of *[The John Coltrane Quartet Plays](/source/The_John_Coltrane_Quartet_Plays)* (A(S)-85; 1965), 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* (1971); expanded and revised as *John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960s* ([Pathfinder Press](/source/Pathfinder_Press), 1998). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87348-857-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87348-857-0)

- *Lenny Bruce: The Comedian as Social Critic and Secular Moralist* (Monad Press, distributed by Pathfinder Press, 1974). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-913460-32-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-913460-32-0)

- *Harry S. Truman and the War Scare of 1948: A Successful Campaign to Deceive the Nation* (1993: [Palgrave Macmillan](/source/Palgrave_Macmillan), 1995). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-312-12329-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-12329-1)

- *Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz* (Pathfinder Press, 1998). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87348-859-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87348-859-4)

### Article

- "The State of Jazz", "Black Perspectives in Music," 1977.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Pimsleur, J.L. (26 November 1997). ["Frank Kofsky"](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Frank-Kofsky-2793270.php). *SFGate*. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["FRANK KOFSKY, 62, HISTORIAN, CRITIC OF U.S., A FAN OF JAZZ"](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-12-06-9712050501-story.html). The New York Times. 6 December 1997. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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