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Memoirs of a Mean Sax draws you into the author's experiences from her decades as a touring and recording jazz musician. Her humor and pathos recount lessons learned as a female saxophone player in the competitive male-dominated New York music scene. An opening Fibonacci poem explores the subliminal composition process, followed by a hilarious comparison of her composer brain to a laundromat, and an exploration of the deep-seated insecurities which affect all artists. Jean offers a compelling metaphoric poem comparing her drums to her adopted daughter, and concludes with sardonic, yet serious, advice for those planning to make their fortunes playing music.

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Jean Fineberg is an award-winning saxophonist and composer who has studied writing with celebrated poet Kim Addonizio. Her poet father left a new poem on the table every morning, inspiring her to write her first ""book"" at age eight. She has written lyrics for rock and pop albums, and won a motor scooter for her winning poem in a college limerick contest. Her first chapbook, A Mobius Path, was published in 2022.

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