Joachim-Ernst Berendt (20 July 1922 in Berlin – 4 February 2000 in Hamburg) was a German music journalist, author and producer specialized on jazz.
Already during the Nazi Germany years Berendt took an interest in jazz; enthusiasts in this period retreated to the underground.
After World War II, he helped founding the Südwestfunk (SWF) radio network in the then French occupation zone of Germany.
For almost 40 years, Berendt produced the jazz program of the Baden-Baden station of the German public radio and TV network ARD.
In these books Berendt investigates in listening in general, i.e. its medical, historical, physical, cultural and philosophical aspects.