Emily Remler - Retrospective Volume One Standards '1991

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Daahoud
02. How Insensitive
03. Strollin
04. Hot House
05. In Your Own Sweet Way
06. Joy Spring
07. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
08. Afro Blue
09. Del Sasser
10. In A Sentimental Mood

This is the first of two CDs issued by Concord Jazz compiling some of the best
tracks from Emily Remlers sessions for that label. Cut short at a far too early
age by a heart condition while touring in Australia, Remler had all the talent
necessary to carve herself a niche in the jazz world as a premier jazz guitar
interpreter and performer. Retrospective, Vol. 1 is probably the superior of the
two volumes, as it includes, among other gems, an enticing unaccompanied
rendition of Afro Blue. Remler had the ability to be expressively warm with a
romantic ballad, as on In a Sentimental Mood, but she excelled on tunes that
allowed her to bring out her hard bop credentials, especially in the company of
similarly tough-minded rhythm sections. She displays those credentials on
several tracks, such as Hot House and Daahoud, where she is joined by the
inestimable Hank Jones on piano and Marvin Smitty Smith on drums. Del Sasser is
the sole representative from that intriguing album she made with trumpet player
John Dearth. On this cut, Dearth plays muted trumpet under a clean,
straight-lined Remler guitar with a rather unusual scrimpy, but pleasing, sound
as the result. Indeed an appropriate testimonial to a fine guitarist, this album
is recommended for those who want an overview of the work by Remler without
having to buy all the albums from whence the selections came.


 

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