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Greg Cohen is a writer for American Dad! with the following episode credits: * American Fung (written by) * Daesong Heavy Industries (written by)

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  • Greg Cohen is a writer for American Dad! with the following episode credits: * American Fung (written by) * Daesong Heavy Industries (written by)
  • Greg Cohen is a Jewish American jazz bassist. He is perhaps best known for his work with John Zorn's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette Coleman, and performed on Coleman's much-praised Sound Grammar album. He has also often played traditional jazz, including work with Ken Peplowski, Kenny Davern and the filmmaker/clarinettist Woody Allen. He has worked with many musicians, including Tom Waits, David Byrne, and Elvis Costello. Cohen is a resident of Manhattan, New York.
  • Greg Cohen is the founder and owner of Infinite Illusions and he also runs a forum called yoyoing.com and hosted the World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando, Florida from 2000 to 2013. Greg started Infinite Illusions in 1986 while still in college at Florida State University. At the time, Infinite Illusions had specialized only in juggling equipment. He soon branched out to carry yo-yos and he started Yoyoguy.com in the late 1990s as his online face for both the juggling and yo-yoing parts of his business. Since then, he has also began carrying other niche hobby equipment such as unicycles and diabolos. Cohen also owns a retail store for the business called Lofty Pursuits.
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  • Cohen, Greg
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  • Los Angeles
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  • 1953-06-13(xsd:date)
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  • Greg Cohen is a Jewish American jazz bassist. He is perhaps best known for his work with John Zorn's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette Coleman, and performed on Coleman's much-praised Sound Grammar album. He has also often played traditional jazz, including work with Ken Peplowski, Kenny Davern and the filmmaker/clarinettist Woody Allen. He has worked with many musicians, including Tom Waits, David Byrne, and Elvis Costello. His bass playing credits include work with artists such as Dagmar Krause, David Sanborn, Susana Baca, Gal Costa, Marisa Monte, Laurie Anderson, Willie Nelson, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, Dave Douglas, Tricky, Jesse Harris, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts, Joey Baron, Donovan, Crystal Gayle, Bob Dylan, Alan Watts, Lee Konitz, Richie Havens, Dino Saluzzi, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Odetta, Danny Barker, and Antony and the Johnsons. In August/September 2006 he was musical director of the Century of Song series at the German arts festival RuhrTriennale. He invited songwriters and performers such as David Byrne, Holly Cole and Laurie Anderson. Greg Cohen is a regular member of Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band, which plays every Monday evening at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel. He appears in the documentary film Wild Man Blues (directed by Barbara Kopple), which documents a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band. Cohen appears on the group's CD The Bunk Project (1993) and the soundtrack of Wild Man Blues (1997). Cohen is a resident of Manhattan, New York.
  • Greg Cohen is a writer for American Dad! with the following episode credits: * American Fung (written by) * Daesong Heavy Industries (written by)
  • Greg Cohen is the founder and owner of Infinite Illusions and he also runs a forum called yoyoing.com and hosted the World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando, Florida from 2000 to 2013. Greg started Infinite Illusions in 1986 while still in college at Florida State University. At the time, Infinite Illusions had specialized only in juggling equipment. He soon branched out to carry yo-yos and he started Yoyoguy.com in the late 1990s as his online face for both the juggling and yo-yoing parts of his business. Since then, he has also began carrying other niche hobby equipment such as unicycles and diabolos. Cohen also owns a retail store for the business called Lofty Pursuits. He is responsible for introducing would-be U.S. National Master Steve Brown to yo-yoing, first hiring him as an employee at Infinite Illusions.
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