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On a recent afternoon, in a modishly designed living and rehearsal space near Penn Station in Manhattan, he drilled the group, now called Ornette Expressions, through the album’s six tunes, twice.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

The space is modishly spare — white tables and a few artful stains that travel from the ceiling to the walls.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2018

Robert Croft, irascibly, and Dean Cosker, modishly, still churn out the spin in mid‑afternoon, and have 39 seasons between them.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011

He doesn’t look 65, with his trim build and modishly styled, carefully colored hair.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2010

Kroner was a self-made man, slightly overcolored, rather loud, with dinner clothes cut a little too modishly.

From Mask of Death by Ernst, Paul