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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.

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"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"

The Jazz Ear Conversations Over Music

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      Publisher: Times Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/27/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780805090864, 978-0805090864
      ISBN10: 080509086X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "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"

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