Kip Cohen is an American entertainment and record company executive who once held positions at the

Fillmore East The Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the (at the time) Lower East Side neighborhood, now called the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan of New York City. I ...

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

and the

Herb Alpert Foundation In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

Career

In 1964 Cohen was the theater production manager for ''The Committee'' and ''The Passion of Josef D.'' He later formed a company called, Sensefex, Inc. and managed the Fillmore East music venue in New York City from 1968 to 1971. Cohen then took a position as head of A&R for Columbia Records before moving to A&M Records as Vice President of A&R (1973-1979). In 1985 Cohen became the manager at the

Wiltern Theater The Pellissier Building and adjoining Wiltern Theatre is a 12-story, Art Deco landmark at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a ...

which was operated as part of the company,

Bill Graham Presents Bill Graham (born Wulf Wolodia Grajonca; January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) was a German-American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death in 1991 in a helicopter crash. On July 4, 1939, he was sent from German ...

. Cohen was also the president of the Herb Alpert Foundation for 17 years.

References

External links

kipcohen.com
(complete biography) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Kip Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni Living people American music managers American music industry executives Music promoters Year of birth missing (living people) Businesspeople from Cleveland Carnegie Mellon University alumni