Emily Remler
| Emily Remler | |
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Remler at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, Photo: Brian McMillen
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| Background information | |
| Born |
September 18, 1957 Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Died | May 4, 1990 (aged 32) Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1976–1990 |
| Labels | Concord Jazz |
Emily Remler (September 18, 1957 – May 4, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist in the 1980s. Her career was cut short by a heart attack at the age of 32.
Born in New York City, Remler began guitar at age ten. She listened to pop and rock guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter. At the Berklee College of Music in the 1970s, she listened to jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Herb Ellis, Pat Martino, and Joe Pass.
Remler settled in New Orleans, where she played in blues and jazz clubs, working with bands such as Fourplay and Little Queenie and the Percolators before beginning her recording career in 1981. She was praised by veteran jazz guitarist Herb Ellis, who referred to her as "the new superstar of guitar" and introduced her at the Concord Jazz Festival in 1978.
In a 1982 interview with People magazine, she said: "I may look like a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey, but inside I'm a 50-year-old, heavy-set black man with a big thumb, like Wes Montgomery."
Her first album as a band leader, Firefly, won acclaim, as did Take Two and Catwalk. She recorded Together with guitarist Larry Coryell. She participated in the Los Angeles version of Sophisticated Ladies from 1981–1982 and toured for several years with Astrud Gilberto. She also made two guitar instruction videos.
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