Riffs on music and culture, improvised and otherwise, from critic Nate Chinen
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Nate Chinen is the author of 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.' A former music critic for The New York Times and former columnist for JazzTimes, he's the editorial director at WRTI and a regular contributor to NPR Music.
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