The jazz ear
Subtitle: conversations over music
By: Ben Ratliff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780805081466
Subjects: Jazz musicians -- Interviews
Genres: Interviews.
Description: "In The Jazz Ear, Ben Ratliff composes a remarkable collection of his conversations with fifteen of jazz's lions as they listen to music that inspires and teaches them. By following how each artist hears music, Ratliff unearths what each musician believes jazz is for."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Behold, the sea! : Wayne Shorter; title: Street music : Pat Metheny; title: Jazz means freedom : Sonny Rollins; title: As good as you think : Andrew Hill; title: I know who you are : Ornette Coleman; title: The flying modulation : Maria Schneider; title: You've got to finish your thought : Bob Brookmeyer; title: It's your spirit : Dianne Reeves; title: Head of a dog : Bebo Valdes; title: This is my point : Joshua Redman; title: Labor history : Hank Jones; title: Dancing from up here : Roy Haynes; title: Head to toes : Paul Motian; title: A million just like it : Branford Marsalis; title: You don't look for style : Guillermo Klein.