Sentence examples for shadowy phrasing from inspiring English sources
The Polish jazz trumpeter TOMASZ STANKO is often said to have a cinematic style, partly because of his penchant for shadowy phrasing and mournful, ethereal melodies, and partly because he has worked extensively in film for at least 45 years, beginning with formative apprenticeship with the pianist and composer Krzysztof Komeda.
A rare portrait in the Washington Post paints him as a "shadowy figure" -- an appropriate phrase for the general who has been leading the U.S. military's "manhunters," aka Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC.
1. AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE "When the Heart Emerges Glistening" (Blue Note) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Mr. Akinmusire puts the focus here on the gleam of his crackerjack quintet.
(Nate Chinen) ★ Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Friday through Sunday) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Ambrose Akinmusire made one of last year's best jazz releases, a smart dispatch from the new postbop frontier.
(Chinen) ★ Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Thursday through April 29) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Ambrose Akinmusire made one of last year's best jazz releases, a smart dispatch from the new postbop frontier.
★ The Ambrose Akinmusire Project (Tuesday through Thursday) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Ambrose Akinmusire released one of the best jazz albums of 2011, "When the Heart Emerges Glistening" (Blue Note).
In this shadowy dance, Mr. Joo begins with a stream of disconnected movement phrases that greatly emulate the quick, thrusting hip swirls of William Forsythe.
Everything was grey and shadowy.
Those soft shapes, shadowy inside.
