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Ben Ratliff

Book Review: “Every Song Ever” — Notes From an Enigmatic Ear

Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Ben Ratliff, Every Song Ever, Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty

Coming Attractions in Jazz: November 2009

By J. R. Carroll After the New England Conservatory’s well-deserved turn in the limelight last month in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their jazz studies program, the Berklee College of Music comes to the fore in November with a strong series of performances on- and off-campus. Photo by Jesus Angel Hernandez de Rojas, available […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music Tagged: Ben Ratliff, Berklee College of Music, Berklee Performance Center, Bloco AfroBrazil, Boston Jewish Film Festival, cell biology, Christian McBride, Claudio Ragazzi, Club 939, Coolidge Corner Theatre, George Garzone, Greg Osby, Harold Varmus, Harvard Book Store, Issac Delgado, Jacob Varmus, Joe Lovano, Latin Music, Marcus Santos, Mili Bermejo, Milton Nascimento, MPB, Museum of Science, Nando Michelin, Oscar Stagnaro, Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Patricia Elena Vlieg, Regattabar, Ryles, Scullers, Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, Thelonious Monk, Timba, Victor Mendoza, World Music

Book Review: Trane’s Long Shadow

Ben Ratliff, Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Reviewed by J. R. Carroll During an interview in Japan in 1966, John Coltrane was asked what he would like to be in ten years. Coltrane replied, “I would like to be a saint.” Lewis Porter, author of the definitive study John Coltrane: […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Jazz Tagged: American Century Music, Ben Ratliff, Coltrane:The-Story-of-a-Sound, J-R-Carroll, Jazz, John-Coltrane, Lewis-Porter

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