Mr. Kissin's musicianship is remarkable in every aspect of phrasing, technique and flair.
She studied classical piano for seven years, and that structure and discipline is evident in her phrasing technique.
Then, in the case of a musician, all the essentials coalesce -- projection, tone, phrasing, technique, character, style, color, rhythm, blending, singing -- to create this cauldron which ignites into deep insight and improvisation and passion.
The offhand phrase "technique is cheap" soon took on a life of its own.
This "slow blues" has a lot of space and relies on phrasing: the techniques you use to shape a note and its delivery.
Then spend 15 minutes writing down any words, phrases, feelings, techniques etc. related to that idea.
The phrase "Our techniques are too dangerous to use in competition" is a strategy to avoid being compared with other schools.
Like the skilled ballet dancers in "Thirty-two Fouethis", this noteworthy debut sees Emily Berry making bravura turns again and again, in poems of polished phrase, seductive technique, and, in spite of the smoke and mirrors, genuine feeling.
One of the late rapper's former neighbours, saxophonist Donald Harrison, claims to have introduced him to the work of jazz giants including Adderley, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald, teaching the teenage Biggie about diction, phrasing and scat techniques.
He is often criticized for his uneven tone, choppy phrasing and shaky technique, and those defects were noticeable on Friday.
