Bob Kaufman (1925 - 1986)

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Bob Kaufman, or more accurately, Robert Garnell Kaufman, was born on April 18, 1925 in New Orleans, LA and Died January 12, 1986 in San Francisco, CA. Kaufman has been described as an "innovative poet" and an important writer who gained his prominence during the Beat period. As a youth, Kaufman had the opportunity to gain exposure to a wide variety of religions. His father was German-Jewish, his mother was Roman Catholic and his grandmother was a practitioner of voodoo. Eventually however,.. Continue..

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Round About Midnight

Jazz Chick

On

O-Jazz-O

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