Every revolution in jazz is fundamentally a revolution in the mode of sensing jazz rhythms and …
FE Author: Frank Kofsky
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
Probably no sector of American capitalism displays more cutthroat competitiveness than the recording industry. Entry into …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 25, March 1-15, 1967
JOHN COLTRANE LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD AGAIN! (Impulse 9124) just might be the greatest work …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 24, February 15-28, 1967
Nothing demonstrates more clearly the intertwined nature of politics and the new music than a concert …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
In his recently published book FOUR LIVES IN THE BEBOP BUSINESS, A.B. Spellman relates that Buell …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967
Critics (II) In my last column [FE #21, January 1-15, 1967] I enumerated some of …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
Why the critics? That is a question I get asked fairly frequently, by friends and correspondents …
Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
Editor’s note: Frank Kofsky’s byline was inadvertently left off his piece, “End of Jazz Clubs?” in …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 19, December 1-15, 1966
When Cecil Taylor spoke at a panel discussion at the University of Pittsburgh prior to his …
The Jazz Scene in America
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
A few weeks ago the New Yorker’s man in jazz, Whitney Balliett, went out to the …