# Playing Changes

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- Book: [Playing Changes](https://www.bookquiver.com/nate-chinen/playing-changes) ([Playing Changes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nate-chinen/playing-changes.md))
- Authors: [Nate Chinen](https://www.bookquiver.com/nate-chinen)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-11-0187-349-6
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2019-07-23
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, “playing changes” refers to an improviser’s resourceful path through a chord progression. In this definitive...