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- noun Plural form of
improviser .
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Examples
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As n|om fills their hearts, the clapping turns to a crisp cracking sound, and the singing of some of the best improvisers gives way to a kind of free-form, yodel-like scat singing that soars above the melodic line.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Commit to practices, be there, on time, be ready to support the other improvisers, make them look good.
David Serchuk: The Upright Citizens Brigade and Me David Serchuk 2011
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Among the 45 passengers were a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” a 26-year-old with several TV and movie deals to his name, many stand-up comedians and improvisers and four campaign volunteers for Barack Obama.
The Comedy Bus Descends on Washington - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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There is also a slot for solo improvisation, on any instrument (or voice); four improvisers will be selected to take part in a new piece, “Mothership,” by the composer Mason Bates (who offered a movement of a new work at the last YouTube Symphony Orchestra concert).
YouTube Symphony Orchestra will rise again Anne Midgette 2010
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Among the 45 passengers were a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” a 26-year-old with several TV and movie deals to his name, many stand-up comedians and improvisers and four campaign volunteers for Barack Obama.
The Comedy Bus Descends on Washington - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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It shouldn't come as a surprise to any jazz fan reading this that Lee Kontiz, after 65 years of consistently excellent playing in the major leagues, is one of the two or three finest improvisers playing today.
Sounding the Horns, Recalling the Words Will Friedwald 2011
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I get to work with such talented improvisers, it makes it much easier to learn.
Brad Balfour: Actors Rashida Jones and Chris Messina Entangle in Monogamy Brad Balfour 2011
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He reminds us that we are all improvisers, muddling through.
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I get to work with such talented improvisers, it makes it much easier to learn.
Brad Balfour: Actors Rashida Jones and Chris Messina Entangle in Monogamy Brad Balfour 2011
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At our conference, we also have Buddhist neuroscientists, radical artists and improvisers – people who have always found a way mostly internally to maintain their mental and social resilience in the face of endemic change.
The wellbeing agenda isn't navel-gazing, it's innovation and survival | Pat Kane 2011
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