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John Cohen was an American folk musician and musicologist, founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers as well as a musicologist, photographer and filmmaker. Some of his best known images document the Abstract Expressionist scene centered on New York's Cedar Bar; gallery happenings by early performance artists; young Bob Dylan's arrival in New York; Beat Generation writers during the filming of Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie's film Pull My Daisy; and the "old time" musicians of Appalachia. He was one of the most important "discoverers" of traditional musicians and singers, finding and recording Dillard Chandler, Roscoe Holcomb, and many banjo players, most notably on the album High Atmosphere.
Born
Tuesday, 02 August 1932
Died
Monday, 16 September 2019
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith | Self - Interviewee | 2015 |
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965 | Self | 2015 |
Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued | Self | 2014 |
Give Me the Banjo | Self | 2011 |
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter | Self | 2010 |
Play on, John: A Life in Music | Self - Musician | 2009 |
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music | Self - Photographer / musician | 2007 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith | Self - Interviewee | 2015 |
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965 | Self | 2015 |
Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued | Self | 2014 |
Give Me the Banjo | Self | 2011 |
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter | Self | 2010 |
Play on, John: A Life in Music | Self - Musician | 2009 |
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music | Self - Photographer / musician | 2007 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Visions of Mary Frank | 2014 |
Dancing with the Incas | 1992 |
Pericles in America | 1988 |
Choqela: Only Interpretation | 1987 |
Mountain Music of Peru | 1984 |
The End of an Old Song | 1969 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Visions of Mary Frank | 2014 |
Dancing with the Incas | 1992 |
Pericles in America | 1988 |
Choqela: Only Interpretation | 1987 |
Mountain Music of Peru | 1984 |
The End of an Old Song | 1969 |