Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who improvises; an improvisator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who improvises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
improvises .
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Examples
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Later, as a member of the New York City ensemble M-Base, she developed her skills as a composer, arranger and improviser, leading to a long-term solo contract with Blue Note Records.
Cassandra Wilson's 'Silver Pony' Balances Varying Styles 2011
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Brubeck would soon create one of jazz's biggest hits with the catchy Take Five, but his quartet was already a big draw on the college circuit for an innovative style using bebop, and featuring a quietly dazzling saxophone improviser in Paul Desmond.
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As an improviser, Walton is a master of hip understatement, his solos developing in casually dropped phrase turns and canny drifts around the beat.
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Later, as a member of the New York City ensemble M-Base, she developed her skills as a composer, arranger and improviser, leading to a long-term solo contract with Blue Note Records.
Cassandra Wilson's 'Silver Pony' Balances Varying Styles 2011
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Guests are drawn from a huge spread of contemporary singing, including vocalist/cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, former Pet Shop Boys session singer and harpist Lucinda Belle, the Noisettes' Shingai Shoniwa, Grammy-nominated improviser Norma Winstone and Gregory Porter.
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A powerful post-Coltrane saxophonist and improviser on the bass clarinet, Garland will significantly stretch the expressive range of Simcock's very eloquent trio.
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Mr. Williams was known as an adept improviser who effortlessly switched between classical, jazz and pop styles.
Roger Williams, 'Pianist to Presidents,' Dies at 87 CHRISTOPHER WEBER 2011
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To this day he maintains his mild-mannered secret identity as an English major (what could be more worthless modest) between jobs and a part time actor/improviser.
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Usually at home I work from recipes, but Bianca's an improviser and after consulting with her I whomped up something I'd call Tofu
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"Parker's just so funny, and such a good improviser," she said.
Parks and Recreation's Parker Posey on Playing Leslie's Frenemy: "Dreams Do Come True!" 2011
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