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Police Card Discord 15
Maxwell T. Cohen
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Description for Police Card Discord 15
Hardback. Cohen records a historic conflict ending in the 1960s between musicians and the police in New York. Important social issues dominated several trials, detailed in this book. Ultimately, the musicians and entertainers won. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 194 pages, Fr.tabs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Cohen records a historic conflict ending in the 1960s between musicians and the police in New York. Harassed musicians and performers were joined by a 'Citizen's Committee' of famous writers and publishers to fight the City Police Department's arbitrary rules and regulations against musicians, performers, and other employees of hotels, restaurants, and cabarets, and its powerful highly publicized 'law and order' Commissioner Stephen Kennedy. Among the musicians were Bud Powell, JJ Johnson, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, and Johnny Richards. Important social issues dominated several trials, detailed in this book. Ultimately, the musicians and entertainers won. The author writes from personal ... Read more
Cohen records a historic conflict ending in the 1960s between musicians and the police in New York. Harassed musicians and performers were joined by a 'Citizen's Committee' of famous writers and publishers to fight the City Police Department's arbitrary rules and regulations against musicians, performers, and other employees of hotels, restaurants, and cabarets, and its powerful highly publicized 'law and order' Commissioner Stephen Kennedy. Among the musicians were Bud Powell, JJ Johnson, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, and Johnny Richards. Important social issues dominated several trials, detailed in this book. Ultimately, the musicians and entertainers won. The author writes from personal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Jazz
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810826380
SKU
V9780810826380
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Ref
99-15
About Maxwell T. Cohen
Maxwell T. Cohen, Professor of Constitutional Law and Sociology, Northampton (PA) Community College, taught law and social problems and issues at both SUNY and CUNY. Cohen was awarded a plaque at the Newport Jazz Festival by the New York Jazz Museum for defending the civil rights of musicians and other performing artists. He was also cited and received an Award ... Read more
Reviews for Police Card Discord 15
...an interesting story of 'Human Rights'.
Big Bands International
...thorough and illuminating book...Cohen's meticulous landmark book on the cabaret card system documents a deplorable procedure in the 1940-1969 period during which the basic rights of large numbers of musicians were ruthlessly ignored by law enforcement...invaluable as the definitive resource on a previously unexamined aspect of the use of ... Read more
Big Bands International
...thorough and illuminating book...Cohen's meticulous landmark book on the cabaret card system documents a deplorable procedure in the 1940-1969 period during which the basic rights of large numbers of musicians were ruthlessly ignored by law enforcement...invaluable as the definitive resource on a previously unexamined aspect of the use of ... Read more