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Jlin — the electronic-music producer and DJ Jerrilynn Patton — got her initial inspiration from the jagged, breakneck, pure adrenaline percussiveness of the music for Chicago footwork.

From New York Times • May 26, 2017

Horowitz, the work’s greatest exponent, made sparks fly with his brittle percussiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2016

A new name to me, Chris Dingman plays vibes with shimmering percussiveness.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2011

The themes often move in unexpected directions, and Escreet peremptorily adds a Thelonious Monkish, note-prodding percussiveness to lines that seem at first to be unfolding with a methodically interweaving nu-jazz deliberation.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2010

Admirers of De Larrocha undoubtedly will want her performance, but others may be disturbed by the percussiveness both of her style and the recorded sound.

From Time Magazine Archive