Person
John Cohen
- Specialty
- Directing
- Birth
- August 2, 1932 · 87 years
- Death
- September 16, 2019
- Origin
- Queens, New York, USA
Professional Trajectory
John Cohen (1932–2019) was a major figure in the development and appreciation of traditional music, and one of the most prolific contributors to the Smithsonian Folkways collection of recorded sounds. He was a musician, photographer, filmmaker, and record producer, but those words do not adequately describe John, whose work transcended labels and defied categorization.
