Embouchure Philip Kevin Paul funny and grand

funny and grand

An otherworldly uncanniness haunts the margins of Darren Bifford's debut collection

― Jennifer Still

all my relations and amen

discovering each word as though she had no idea it was going to be there until it was suddenly there

Embouchure Philip Kevin Paul funny and grandDescription Kevin McNeilly's debut poetry collection, Embouchure, compiles the intertwined lineages of trumpet players who came to prominence in the States during the "pre bop" era, loosely defined as the period between 1890 and 1939. This series of vignettes betrays a broad and detailed knowledge of the players' lives and work, yet reads like a collection of conversational anecdotes shared between the musicians and those around them. Rather than