Ben Ratliff
Ben Ratliff (* 1968 in New York City ) is an American journalist , music critic and author.
Ben Ratliff, the son of an English mother and an American father, grew up in London and Rockland County , New York . From 1996 he wrote regularly on pop music and jazz for the New York Times . In 2016 he left the newspaper after it had significantly reduced its jazz coverage. Ratliff has published three books, The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music (2008), Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings (2002) and a biography of John Coltrane ( The Story of a Sound , 2007), the finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award was. His articles have also appeared in Granta, Rolling Stone , Spin , The Village Voice , Slate, and Lingua Franca. He also wrote the liner notes for a number of albums, including By the Law of Music by Matthew Shipp . In 2005 he received the Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award from the Jazz Journalists Association for outstanding writing . He received a Grammy nomination in 2018 for his liner notes to The 1960 Time Sessions by the Sonny Clark Trio .
Publications (selection)
- The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz . Times Books, New York 2002, ISBN 0-8050-7068-0 .
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Coltrane: The Story of a Sound. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2007.
- Coltrane. Triumphant advance of a sound. Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-290-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Cea: Welcome to the Jazzless Age: Change in New York Times coverage spells trouble for a scene , salon.com, February 24, 2017, viewed February 25, 2017
- ^ Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
- ^ Jazz Journalists Association
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ratliff, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and jazz writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |