The Jazz Ear by Ben Ratliff
Musicians are often loath to discuss their craft for fear of destroying its improvisational essence, rendering jazz among the most ephemeral and least transparent of the performing arts. This work coaxes out an understanding of the men and women themselves, the context of their work, and how jazz from horn blare to drum riffs created conceptually.
"THE JAZZ EAR will be a permanent part of learning how to listen inside the musicians playing" - Nat Hentoff, Jazz Times. "A small treasure. Ratcliff takes his curious, catholic ear to 15 artists and tangos with them on their own physical and psychic turf." - Time Out New York"
Since 1996, Ben Ratliff has been a jazz reviewer for The New York Times. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and two sons and is the author of Coltrane: The Story of a Sound and The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz (ISBN: 978-0-8050-7068-2).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805090864 |
| ISBN 10 | 080509086X |
| Title | The Jazz Ear |
| Author | Ben Ratliff |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Times Books |
| Year published | 2009-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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