As he eased the tempo or dynamics slightly to savor or even reconsider a phrase, you found yourself falling into his thought patterns, turning the matter over in your own mind before getting swept back into the flow.
Now and then the tempo eased for a vocal, with the horns as a brass chorale.
Now and then the tempo eased, and the string players shared pensive chords and the makings of a ballad.
But there was no lift-off as the tempo gradually eased.
After a chiming prelude, he eased into fluttery waltz tempo, pulling along his responsive bassist, James Cammack, and his careful drummer, James Johnson.
Villa put up a decent fight after Jordan Ayew's dismissal but West Ham upped the tempo in the second half and eased to victory.
Around the far turn, my tempo propelled me past Kuhi, and I eased through the first quarter in 87 seconds, right on target.
He kept the tempo down, for a while, with "Cruisin'," then eased out of the trance.
The tempo should ease over the course of the next eight minutes, as bodies and brains settle into the idea of actually playing in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
With the players around him not quite cohering enough to allow him to ease into the passing tempo that marks his game at its most influential, Bradley's performance looked more labored than of late – more grinding of the gears than picking of locks.
Drogba, inevitably, was the man who upped the tempo to ease any lingering concerns, first firing narrowly wide before running on to another astute Mata pass to score with 14 minutes left.
