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Kip Cohen is an American entertainment and record company executive who once held positions at the Fillmore East, Columbia Records and the Herb Alpert Foundation.

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In 1964 Cohen was the theater production manager for The Committee and The Passion of Josef D. [1] [2] He later formed a company called, Sensefex, Inc. [3] and managed the Fillmore East music venue in New York City from 1968 to 1971. [4] [5] [6] [7] Cohen then took a position as head of A&R for Columbia Records [8] [9] [10] before moving to A&M Records as Vice President of A&R (1973-1979). [11] In 1985 Cohen became the manager at the Wiltern Theater which was operated as part of the company, Bill Graham Presents. [5] Cohen was also the president of the Herb Alpert Foundation for 17 years. [12] [13] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Staff writer. "Kip Cohen Stage Manager, Production Crew". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved Jan 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kip Cohen - Broadway Theatre Credits". Playbill.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Massaging Senses for the Message; New Mode of Communicating Uses Jarring Combination of Sights and Sounds Multimedia: Massage for the Message". The New York Times. 1967-09-16. Retrieved 2012-10-10.(subscription required)
  4. 1 2 "Alex Cohen, Richard Dean". The New York Times. 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-10.(subscription required)
  5. 1 2 "Wiltern Theatre Emerges as an Unlikely Rock Star". LA Times. 1987-12-29. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  6. ↑ Graham, Bill; Greenfield, Robert (2004). Bill Graham presents : my life inside rock and out (Da Capo Press ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. ISBN   0306813491.
  7. ↑ Gruber, photography by Amalie R. Rothschild ; text by Amalie R. Rothschild with Ruth Ellen (1999). Live at the Fillmore East : a photographic memoir. New York, N.Y.: Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN   1560252448.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Davis, Clive; Anthony DeCurtis (2012). Clive Davis - The Soundtrack of My Life. Simon and Schuster. pp. 154–155. ISBN   978-1-4767-1478-3.
  9. ↑ Werman, Tom (26 February 2009). "The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter One". popDose.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  10. ↑ Willwerth, Clive Davis with James K. (1975). Clive: inside the record business, by Clive Davis with James Willwerth. New York, W. Morrow: William Moeeow. ISBN   0688028721.
  11. ↑ Sutherland, Sam (December 24, 1977). ""Kip Cohen on the Philosophy of A&R at A&M"" (PDF). Record World. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  12. ↑ Haithman, Diane (March 15, 1998). "Herb Alpert's Brass Rings". LA Times. Retrieved Jan 22, 2018.
  13. ↑ Perlmutter, Donna (May 11, 1995). "AT THE STUDIO WITH: Herb Alpert; Tijuana Brass, Right? Don't Ask". NY Times. Retrieved Jan 22, 2018.
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