improvisatory
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Olsen: To me, one of the biggest surprises about the movie is considering how cohesive and complete it feels, to learn how improvisatory and collaborative the process of making the movie was.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
An accomplished musician and composer, McBride said there’s a certain improvisatory element to his writing, like jazz music.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023
Over the show’s 90 minutes, Rosie Elnile’s deceptively simple, bare stage becomes a model of this improvisatory, revolutionary utopia.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
The music is lean and nimble, with improvisatory guitar filigrees, leaping and slapping bass lines, darting accordion countermelodies and huffing brass-band chords, all delivered with pinpoint syncopation.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023
Then, out of this run-of-the-mill swing exuberance, something emerges that is new in its sound, new in its execution and new in its improvisatory style.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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