*Ratliff, Ben: -Ben Ratliffhas been a jazz critic at The New York Times since 1996. He is the author of The Jazz Ear and The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz.His book Coltrane: The Story of a Sound * was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Manhattan with his wife...

*Ratliff, Ben: -Ben Ratliffhas been a jazz critic at The New York Times since 1996. He is the author of The Jazz Ear and The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz.His book Coltrane: The Story of a Sound * was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.