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Harvard Book Store Presents...
Times Books
Price: $15.00
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BEN RATLIFF
riffs on
The Jazz Ear:
Conversations Over Music
Harvard Book Store and the Regattabar are excited to host New York Times jazz critic BEN RATLIFF, who will discuss The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music, his new book of interviews with jazz musicians, before interviewing esteemed and local jazz saxophonist GEORGE GARZONE. Please join us for this unique evening of discussion and live music. "Ratliff, the jazz critic for the New York Times, spent just over two years interviewing jazz greats for a recurring feature at the paper: rather than ask musicians like Pat Metheny or Dianne Reeves to name their favorite records, Ratliff sat with them as they listened to songs and picked out the qualities they found most artistically compelling. The approach brings some surprises, as his subjects pick everything from Ukrainian cantorial music to Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Fifth Dimension, but each chapter brings provocative insights and will have readers scurrying to track down various records. (Ratliff also provides a listening guide for each of his interviewees.) Though each chapter stands alone, connections are made from one interview to the next; Metheny and Joshua Redman, for example, both select songs from Sonny Rollins. The interview with Redman also hints at Ratliff's argument in his 2007 Coltrane: The Story of a Sound about jazz as a collaborative medium, while Branford Marsalis speaks candidly about young musicians' failure to understand the melodic legacy they've inherited, then plays a jazz-influenced piece by Stravinsky to make his point. Whether you're a seasoned listener or just discovering the form, Ratliff is a wonderful guide." —Publishers Weekly
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617.661.1515
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617.661.1424 ex.1
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| DATE: |
Tuesday, November 3rd |
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7:00 PM |
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Regattabar
Regattabar at the Charles Hotel
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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This event is free; no tickets are required |
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Ben Ratliff has been the jazz and pop critic for The New York Times since 1996. He has written three books on jazz, including The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music, Coltrane: The Story of a Sound, and Jazz: A Critic’s Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.
Photo Credit: Kate Fox Reynolds
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