Jazz Critic Nate Chinen

January 20, 2026

Nate Chinen wearing Audeze LCD-X headphones writing notes

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Nate Chinen

Nate Chinen is the author of Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century, recognized as one of the Best Books of the Year by GQ, NPR, Billboard and others. A former jazz critic for The New York Times and former columnist for JazzTimes, he is Editorial Director at WRTI, a regular contributor to NPR, and the author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig. A thirteen-time winner of the Helen Dance–Robert Palmer Award for Excellence in Writing, he is also the coauthor of George Wein’s Myself Among Others: A Life in Music.
 

About the Headphones

 
"When listening is your business, you start to realize that it requires the same care and attention we devote to any serious craft. The 'how' affects the 'what' more than we often think."
- Nate Chinen
Audeze LCD-X headphones sitting on desk on top of journal
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