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Volume 28 - Number 1 - Fall 2021
Pages: 1 - 129

BEISEL APPRECIATIONS

Quitt, M. H. (2021). Enjoying jazz with David Beisel. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 39.

https://doi.org/10.70763/9e82757e9a1c12cb710ad680db11f6f1

Enjoying Jazz with David Beisel

festschrift article

Intro

My participation in psychohistory under deMause’s umbrella in the 1970s brought contact with some very good people as well as serious intellectual engagement. Perhaps the most memorable time I spent in New York among psychohistorians was when David Beisel took me to “the Village” (Greenwich Village) to hear drummer Buddy Rich, followed by a jam session of first-rate jazz performers. It remains one of the great moments of my life. Only David and I went together and my gratitude to him for that night has never dimmed.

Keywords:

Buddy Rich, David R. Beisel, festschrift, Greenwich Village, jazz, Lloyd deMause, psychohistory

My participation in psychohistory under deMause’s umbrella in the 1970s brought contact with some very good people as well as serious intellectual engagement. Perhaps the most memorable time I spent in New York among psychohistorians was when David Beisel took me to “the Village” (Greenwich Village) to hear drummer Buddy Rich, followed by a jam session of first-rate jazz performers. It remains one of the great moments of my life. Only David and I went together and my gratitude to him for that night has never dimmed.

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About the author

Martin H. Quitt

Martin H. Quitt, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Massachusetts (Boston). He is the author of Stephen A. Douglas and Antebellum Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and most recently, “New Year’s Day 1841: A Puzzling Triptych” (Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 39:1, Winter 2018, 1-25), a documentary reinterpretation that challenges the traditional account of Lincoln breaking up with Mary Todd. He can be contacted at .

How to cite this article

Quitt, M. H. (2021). Enjoying jazz with David Beisel. In P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), David Beisel festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 28(1), 39.

https://doi.org/10.70763/9e82757e9a1c12cb710ad680db11f6f1

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