virtuosity

At the same time, writer-director Saxon’s own virtuosity, occasionally aggressive, eventually leaves our hopes for real emotions wanting, once we’ve become attuned to the dazzle.

It wasn’t simply that the actor’s virtuosity was unleashed at full force.

But for me though I respected virtuosity and aspired to it to a certain degree, that part of jazz was never the heart of it.

Members of the audience chuckle knowingly — the tall, bearded musician could absolutely shred it if he wanted to, but on this night, fun trumps virtuosity.

The New York Times, in its review of a 2009 jazz performance at Carnegie Hall, described his artistry as embodying "an impish strain of virtuosity".