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The Police Card Discord

Maxwell T. Cohen

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 experience, since he was attorney for the musicians, the entertainers, and the Citizen's Committee.
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Scarecrow Press
Pages: 194 • Trim: 5¾ x 9
978-0-8108-2638-0 • Hardback • May 1993 • $87.00 • (£67.00)
Series: Studies in Jazz
Subjects: Law / Civil Rights
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 of Appreciation from the Society of Black Composers. Cohen's previous book, Race and Religion in Adoption Proceedings, was instrumental in the elimination of restrictive religious and racial laws in adoption and similar proceedings. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Baws by the State University of New York and an international Commendation for his work in international Human Rights by The Center for Research in Religious and Human Rights in Closed Societies.
...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 the drug problem to deprive a significant group of people of their rights...
— Addiction Research


...well-written and well-documented....recommended to both public and academic libraries at all levels.
— Choice Reviews


• Winner, Recipient of the 1993 Fred Waring Award

The Police Card Discord

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Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • 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 experience, since he was attorney for the musicians, the entertainers, and the Citizen's Committee.
Details
Details
  • Scarecrow Press
    Pages: 194 • Trim: 5¾ x 9
    978-0-8108-2638-0 • Hardback • May 1993 • $87.00 • (£67.00)
    Series: Studies in Jazz
    Subjects: Law / Civil Rights
Author
Author
  • 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 of Appreciation from the Society of Black Composers. Cohen's previous book, Race and Religion in Adoption Proceedings, was instrumental in the elimination of restrictive religious and racial laws in adoption and similar proceedings. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Baws by the State University of New York and an international Commendation for his work in international Human Rights by The Center for Research in Religious and Human Rights in Closed Societies.
Reviews
Reviews
  • ...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 the drug problem to deprive a significant group of people of their rights...
    — Addiction Research


    ...well-written and well-documented....recommended to both public and academic libraries at all levels.
    — Choice Reviews


Awards
Awards
  • • Winner, Recipient of the 1993 Fred Waring Award

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