Sentence examples for authoritative play from inspiring English sources

Xavi Hernández, for instance, is the most authoritative play maker in Spain, possibly in the world.

Both here and in the Serenade itself, the detail of the string playing provided a full-bodied underlay for both Mark Padmore's immaculately controlled tenor and Stephen Bell's equally authoritative horn playing.

Gergiev's control, as usual, is eerily authoritative, the playing vivid yet strangely abashed.

(Chinen) Buster Williams & Something More (Tuesday and Wednesday) Mr. Williams's deeply authoritative bass playing is the fulcrum but not necessarily the focus of this assertive band, which features Steve Wilson on saxophones, Patrice Rushen on piano and Cindy Blackman Santana on drums.

He is pretty much as responsible for what we know to be the Coltrane sound as Coltrane himself; he is authoritative even playing with nothing but mallets and toms.

The scary authoritative voices played over and over and over, scolding you for being scalded by an impossible heat.

Mr. Phillips is a 71-year-old bassist who started in classical music before moving into the free-jazz scene and has been known to play authoritative, extended sets of solo bass improvisation since the late 60's.

More importantly, those interpretations are not mere window dressings for the researchers authoritative gaze, but play a vital role in influencing what might be seen and how it could be interpreted otherwise.

At the same time, philosophers may indeed have a legitimate authoritative role to play as theoretically trained academics when teaching, as well as in political or ethical committee work.

Mr. Metzmacher is a new-music specialist, so one has to assume his account of the Henze 10th was more authoritative; certainly the playing sounded surer.

But this uniquely authoritative tool can also play a role in wrongful convictions.