McNeilly's poetry is lyrical, free, down-to-the-bone, as real, fresh, and immediate as true jazz always is. "Embouchure" is where your mouth is, where your ear is, and where your eyes are right on time. Damn! ーGeorge Elliott Clarke In riffs that are sharp, savvy, nimble, opinionated, obsessive and wry, [McNeilly] renders fitting tribute to the spirit of the great and not so great jazzmen and women. ―Don McKay