Frank Kofsky

Frank Kofsky (1935-1997) 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. He wrote for and was editor of Jazz & Pop magazine.