He learned to play the mandolin and became a skilled performer on the instrument.

In jazz, therefore, the skilled performer will interpret a tune in very individual ways, never playing the same composition exactly the same way twice.

He began his studies as a double bass and guitar player, becoming a skilled performer of jazz and popular music.

Originally a musician was honored the classification by being a composer, theorist or famous maestro, more importantly than being a skilled performer.

A skilled performer can use his or her embouchure to considerably alter the tuning of individual notes or to produce vibrato, a pulsating change of pitch often employed in jazz.