Frank Kofsky Audio and Photography Collection of the Jazz and Rock Movement

Maureen Carey, Kate Dundon

University of California, Santa Cruz

2017

1156 High Street

Santa Cruz 95064

speccoll@library.ucsc.edu

URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll

Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz

Title: Frank Kofsky Audio and Photography Collection of the Jazz and Rock Movement

Creator: Kofsky, Frank

Identifier/Call Number: MS.312

Physical Description: 9 Linear Feet 9 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1965-1982

Date (bulk): 1966-1968

Language of Material: English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this collection resides with the Regents of the University of California. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. UCSC Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it holds the copyright.

Preferred Citation

Frank Kofsky Audio and Photography Collection of the Jazz and Rock Movement. MS 312. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bonnie Kofsky, 2007.

Alternative Form of Material Available

Images from this collection are available through UCSC Library Digital Collections.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs and audio recordings of interviews with renowned jazz and rock musicians, created by jazz scholar Frank Kofsky in the late 1960s. Included are photographic prints, contact sheets, negatives, and 35mm slides of such recording artists as John Coltrane, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Ornette Coleman, and Archie Shepp. The collection also contains approximately 50 audio recordings of interviews Kofsky conducted with these musicians and more, each approximately 30 to 90 minutes in length. A small number of typescripts and clippings of Kofsky's writings is also included.

Separated Materials

Recordings of Kofsky's interviews and lectures are available via the Library Catalog.

Additional Collection guide

A full listing of the print photographs in this collection can be found in the Frank Kofsky Photograph inventory.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Rock music -- 1961-1970

Jazz -- 1961-1970

Photographs

Box 1

Ayler, Donald (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 1

Bloomfield, Michael 1966-1968

Box 1

Brown, Marion 1966

Box 1

Ornette Coleman Trio 1966-1968

Box 1

Ginsberg, Allen 1966-1968

Box 1

Grateful Dead 1967

Box 1

Grateful Dead 1966-1968

Box 1

Higgins, Billy 1966

Box 1

Airplane, Jefferson 1968

Box 1

Big Brother and The Holding Company 1967

Box 1

Loading Zone 1967

Box 1

Lateef, Yusef 1967

Box 1

Lateef, Yusef 1966-1968

Box 1

Roach, Max 1966-1968

Box 1

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Benefit, Village Theater, New York City 1966

Box 1

Unknown band 1966-1968

Box 1

Mothers of Invention 1967

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donal Ayler (trumpet, Albert Ayler (saxaphone), Henry Grimes (right bass) 1966-1968

Box 2

Ayler, Donald (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donal Ayler (trumpet, Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donal Ayler (trumpet, Henry Grimes (right bass), Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

Ayler, Donald (trumpet), Henry Grimes (bass) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donal Ayler (trumpet) and Henry Grimes (right bass) 1966-1968

Box 2

Ayler, Donald (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donal Ayler (trumpet), Henry Grimes (right bass) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donal Ayler (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

Ayler, Albert 1966-1968

Box 2

unknown (cello), Donald Ayler (trumpet), Henry Grimes (right bass) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

Ayler, Donald 1966-1968

Box 2

Ayler, Donald (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 2

Bloomfield, Michael 1966-1968

Box 2

Bloomfield, Michael and friends 1966-1968

Box 2

Bloomfield, Michael, friends and father 1966-1968

Box 2

Brown, Marion 1966

Box 2

Brown, Marion (saxaphone) and Joel Friedman (bass) 1966

Box 2

Brown, Marion 1966

Box 2

Jones, Norris 1966

Box 2

Johnson, Dewey 1966

Box 2

drummer, unknown (left), Norris Jones (center), Marion Brown (right) 1966

Box 2

band, unknown 1966

Box 2

Brown, Marion 1966

Box 3

Ayler, Albert 1966-1968

Box 3

Harris, Beaver 1966-1968

Box 3

Ayler, Donald 1966-1968

Box 3

Ayler, Donald (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 3

Bloomfield, Michael and friends 1966-1968

Box 3

Brown, Marion 1966

Box 3

Coleman, Ornette 1966-1968

Box 3

Izenson, David 1966-1968

Box 3

Coleman, Ornette and David Izenson 1966-1968

Box 3

Coleman, Ornette 1966-1968

Box 3

Coltrane, John 1966

Box 4

Coleman, Ornette and David Izenson 1966-1968

Box 4

Izenson, David 1966-1968

Box 4

Moffett, Charles 1966-1968

Box 4

Izenson, David 1966-1968

Box 4

Coleman, Ornette 1966-1968

Box 4

Coleman, Ornette and David Izenson 1966-1968

Box 4

Sanders, Pharoah (left), Rasied Ali (center) and John Coltrane (right) 1966

Box 4

Garrison, Jimmy (left), John Coltrane (center) and Pharoah Sanders (right) 1966

Box 4

Coltrane, John 1966

Box 4

Coltrane, John and Pharoah Sanders 1966

Box 4

John Coltrane Quartet 1966

Box 4

Coltrane, Alice 1966

Box 4

Ginsberg, Allen and unideniified woman 1966-1968

Box 4

Ginsberg, Allen 1966-1968

Box 4

Garcia, Jerry and Phil Lesh 1966-1968

Box 4

Lesh, Phil 1966-1968

Box 4

Henderson, Joe 1966

Box 4

Kaukonen, Jorma 1968

Box 4

Dryden, Spencer 1968

Box 4

Cassady, Jack (left) and Jorma Kaukonen (right) 1968

Box 4

Dryden, Spencer 1968

Box 4

Dryden, Spencer (left) Marty Balin (center) and Jack Cassidy (right) 1968

Box 4

Dryden, Spencer (left) Marty Balin (center) Jorma Kaukonen (center right) and Jack Cassidy (right) 1968

Box 4

Cassady, Jack (left) and Marty Balin (right) 1968

Box 4

Cassady, Jack, (left) Jorma Kaukonen (center) and Marty Balin (right) 1968

Box 4

Dryden, Spencer (left), Marty Balin (center) and Jack, Cassady (right) 1968

Box 4

Cassady, Jack (left), Jorma Kaukonen (center)and Marty Balin (right) 1968

Box 4

Dryden, Spencer (left), Marty Balin (center) and Jorma Kaukonen (right) 1968

Box 4

Kaukonen, Jorma 1968

Box 4

Kantner, Paul 1968

Box 4

Marty Balin (right), Jorma Kaukonen (center) and Jack Cassady (right) 1968

Box 4

Kaukonen, Jorma (left) and Jack Cassady(right) 1968

Box 4

Balin, Marty (left), Jorma Kaukonen (center) and Jack Cassady (right) 1968

Box 4

Jefferson Airplane 1968

Box 4

Cassady, Jack (left) Jorma Kaukonen (center) Grace Slick (right) 1968

Box 4

Jones, Elvin 1966-1968

Box 4

Getz, Dave (left), Janis Joplin (center) and Peter Albin (right) 1967

Box 4

Albin, Peter 1967

Box 4

Joplin, Janis 1967

Box 4

Fisher, Ken (saxaphone) and James Dubois (trumpet) 1967

Box 4

Fisher, Ken (saxaphone) and Dubois, James (trumpet) 1966-1968

Box 4

Nafees, Yusef 1966-1968

Box 4

Fisher, Ken 1966-1968

Box 4

Jones 1966-1968

Box 4

Coorsley, P. 1966-1968

Box 4

Du Bois, James 1966-1968

Box 4

Brissette, Frank 1966-1968

Box 4

Nafees, Yusef (left) and Ken Fisher (right) 1966-1968

Box 4

Maupin, Benny(left) and Marion Brown (right) 1966

Box 4

Maupin, Benny 1966

Box 4

Ra, Sun 1966

Box 4

Rudd, Roswell (trombone) and Archie Shepp (saxaphone) 1966

Box 4

Shepp, Archie 1967

Box 4

Shepp, Archie (saxaphone), Beaver Harris (drums), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Roswell Rudd (trombne) 1967

Box 4

Shepp, Archie (saxaphone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Roswell Rudd (right) 1967

Box 4

Shepp, Archie (left) and Tommy Turrentine (right) 1967

Box 4

Moncur, Grachan III 1967

Box 4

Rudd, Roswell 1967

Box 4

Shepp, Archie (saxaphone) and Roswell Rudd (trombone) 1967

Box 4

Shepp, Archie (left), Tommy Turrentine (center) and Roswell Rudd (right) 1967

Box 4

Rudd, Roswell (trombone) and Archie Shepp (saxaphone) 1966

Box 4

Unknown band 1966-1968

Box 4

Zappa, Frank 1967

Box 5

Coltrane, John 1966

Box 5

Coltrane, Alice 1966

Box 5

Garrison, Jimmy 1966-1968

Box 5

Kaukonen, Jorma 1968

Box 5

Kaukonen, Jorma (left), Jack Cassady (right) 1968

Box 5

Dryden, Spencer 1968

Box 5

Joplin, Janis 1967

Box 5

Fisher, Ken 1966-1968

Box 5

Rudd, Roswell 1966

Box 5

Shepp, Archie 1966

Box 5

Rudd, Roswell (trombone) and Archie Shepp (saxaphone) 1966

Box 5

Unknown saxaphone player 1966-1968

Box 6

Garcia, Jerry and Phil Lesh 1966-1968

Box 6

Lesh, Phil 1966-1968

Box 6

Zappa, Frank 1967

Box 6

Coltrane, John 1966

Box 6

Coltrane, John 1966-1968

Box 7

Ayler, Donald (trumpet) and Albert Ayler (saxaphone) 1966-1968

Box 7

Bloomfield, Michael 1967

Box 7

Brown, Marion 1966-1968

Box 7

Ornette Coleman Trio 1966-1968

Box 7

Ginsberg, Allen 1966-1968

Box 7

Grateful Dead 1966-1968

Box 7

Higgins, Billy 1966-1968

Box 7

Jefferson Airplane at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles 1968

Box 7

Big Brother and The Holding Company 1967

Box 7

Loading Zone 1967

Box 7

Lateef, Yusef 1966-1968

Box 7

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Benefit, Village Theater, New York City 1966

Box 7

Unknown band 1966-1968

Box 7

Mothers of Invention 1967

Box 7

Ra, Sun 1966

Box 7

Roach, Max 1966-1968

Box 7

Shepp, Archie 1966

Box 8

Slides 1966-1968

Scope and Contents

Includes 843 slides, many of which have been digitized and are available via the Library's Digital Collections. Also includes 4 boxes of unprocessed slides labeled "black musicians" and "Frank's music class."

Papers

Box 9

Biographical Information undated

Box 9

Obituaries 1997

Box 9

Correspondence 1995-1997

Box 9

Teaching: Jazz History Seminar syllabus 1996

Box 9

Articles on History: clippings 1992-1997

Box 9

Articles on Jazz: clippings 1965-1968

Box 9

Articles on Jazz: typescripts 1969-1977, 1982

Audio recordings

Separated Materials

Most of Kofsky's interviews have been digitized and are avaialable via CD in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room. Search the Library catalog for the author Kofsky, Frank for a listing of these digitized tapes.

Box 9

Joe Henderson (1974), William "Smiley" Winters (undated)

Physical Description: 1 cassette tape

Processing Information

Original label read, "Rock and Roll 1950s"

Box 9

John Markham 1980

Physical Description: 1 cassette tape