improviser

[im-pruh-vahyz-er]

noun

1. a person who improvises or is skilled at improvising, especially in a performance art such as music, acting, stand-up comedy, or public speaking.

Example Sentences

To be an organist, he writes, “requires being one-third interpreter of classical repertoire, one-third jazz improviser, and one-third theologian.”

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Any improviser, I think, would say that.

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When he did arrive, they found he was a surprisingly good improviser.

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"He is an improviser. He doesn't know what he's going to do. My sympathies are with him. I'm glad he won. But speaking about this episode, we're all in the dark. And Trump is in the dark himself."

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He was a self-taught improviser on guitar, and a high school trumpeter, but he was drawn to any sounds that tapped meaningfully into feelings of heartache and tension, beauty and noise.

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