Emily Remler - How Insensitive

[09080004]

I'm crying

[SRV1]

She played a Gibson ES 330 since it was hollow and no center block like the 335 you can research her online and theres s site dedicated to her.

[czech698]

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[HERB4441]

I have all her albums. She sent me them & I sent her mine. I don't have time now to dig it out, but she toured with Astrud Gilberto for 2 years. I think it's on one of those. Try "Firefly" or":Vol !) Retrospective" or "East to Wes" (Montgomery

[TheElectricCampfire]

@HERB4441 Yep, I've got her albums. I meant your album :)

[HERB4441]

I am a pro jazz guitarist, & met Emily by happy accident. She had no heroin habit then. I, & a group of her friends were to meet her in N.Y. to support her after her Australian gig when she was going to enter a rehab program. But she died down under. We were all heart broken & made a "tribute" album in her honor.

[TheElectricCampfire]

@HERB4441 Steve Herberman? What's the album? Thanks for your comment anyhow. I'm a huge fan of Emily's. Mike

[jonal335]

Sorry I was wrong about the guitar its a heavily modified (fret board and pickups) Gibson 330 - the Malmsteen comment is right...

[jonal335]

Emily is playing a Gibson ES 335, probably from the 1960s - Malmsteen is good at what he does but its pretty boring after a couple of songs

[LetzBeaFranque]

Wow!! What a player. All the too many "outside" note players need to listen to this.

[RedPlayersArts]

what is that last chord.... it looks like a G7#11. is it acting like a Dmmaj6/9 ? anyone...?

[LetzBeaFranque]

@RedPlayersArts The chord is G7#11 13 and it is behaving as such. The root is G. This is a common jazz ending - to go to the IV7#4 chord.

[mikkespo1]

I just recently learned she died. I discovered her, when looking for instruction, and rented her "Hotlicks" DVD, from Netflicks. At the time, I thought, here's a Jersey girl after my heart. She did something I always WISHED I could- Became an Incredible, Famous, Talented guitarist. And beautiful. .....I wish I could've met her.

[souzabluesplayer]

Wow! Emily Remler playing Antônio Carlos Jobim!

Sensacional! Muito obrigado.

[VolodyaVolodenka1981]

How sensitive I'd say. And how rare to see a jazz guitarist, of any gender, follow their heart so closely and precisely. Meanwhile, that's what playing guitar is really for.

[ilonavee]

This is the first time that I heard of Emily Remler. But it's clear that this song matches her soul. Wonderful and sad.

[urheadonastick]

@d0115042

Yea she's THAT good.

[gebass6]

Okay!After much surfing I find that it is a Gibson 330!!!Not a Guild or a Borys.

[tarconcontar]

IS THIS IMPROVISATION?

[MegaWayfarer]

can anyone name the guitar she is using?

[gebass6]

@MegaWayfarer It MAY be a Guild Starfire!!

[emperorof420]

@gebass6 Borys I think

[gebass6]

@emperorof420 I'm almost certain that headstock says "Guild'.I've looked intently at a Borys headstock and it is different.

[gebass6]

@MegaWayfarer A Gibson ES 330.It was her brothers and her first.

[Xelanderthomas]

Wow, sounding (and looking) so beautiful...what damn shame. R.I.P. Em

[maidoodesu]

nice !...Emily  です.

[peterguitar55]

I saw her do with Coryell in Philadelphia in the mid-80s and introduced them ('emcee") to the audience; she played a Pat Martino solo piece note for note and blew everyone away. Two years later she was strung out (LC's fault) and didn't even have a guitar to play a gig at the now defunct Grendel's Lair at 5th and South Street in Philly. A brilliant talent lost . . .

[dodounightwish]

GREAT! :)

[xXironraiderXx]

She had great feel on the guitar.. Lots if shades of Wes... She was badass

[mqblues]

Wonderful blues framed guitar solo. She hits a couple of rough spots and just plays through them like the pro that she was. Rest in peace.

[nneevveerrmmoorree]

@tonkamine..RIP Emily She wouldnt appreciate your obvious jealousy mate.nor the comparison. .Larry Coryell who recorded with Remler once told me Yngwie was brilliant for bringing an excitment and amazing accuracy to the guitar. But I guess famous ''you'' know better than Larry right?

[tonkamine]

@nneevveerrmmoorree It is not jealousy at all mate, I play Hold On, I'll See The Light Tonight and Dreaming with my band.

[misiebobo]

go for it i like dat

[dysig]

I didn't know her, but she was amazing!!!!

She is my new idol!!

[DoraAshes]

grandissima

[groove2miriam]

OOOO--that is sick! inspiration, for sure!

kindly check my version out.....It might not drop your jaw like this, but I'd like some feedback

thanks

-miriam

[devostm]

very nice :D

[motreby]

I was lucky to see her performe live in Los ANgeles in early 80's...on the second set I was the only person in the club..it was only after 10:00 p.m. she looked at me and said " you must be guitar player". R.I.P.

[gadjox]

@motreby wow :(

[benthemiester]

She was high again.

[am7b51]

I love her styles she is one of my all time favorites I know she is gone but she might be playing with the angels.

[rennex]

that little intro is so beautiful

[SlikkTim]

from astrud's version :)

[tonkamine]

She's worth a 1000 malmsteens!!

[JamesBannerBass]

Haha great comment

[Rexicano]

@tonkamine

More like worth a Billion or more of that fool.

[MuckyGhost]

@tonkamine I dunno, Malmsteen is pretty exceptional. I couldn't pick a favourite. They're from different worlds, but imagine a guitar solo showdown between them!

[Dontmakemeshit]

@tonkamine Thats the dumbest comment ever.. its like comparing a Truck to a Car.. both of them get you from a to b but both can serve a different purpose.. So tired of this stupid argument that just because somebody plays over a 7th chord with clean tone that automatically they have feeling and blah blah blah.. in the scheme of Jazzers she is OK.. in the scheme of Shredders Malmsteen is GOD.. he was original she is not original at all.. just another jazzer playing the lines of all the others.

[loudampsfastbikes]

@Dontmakemeshit FIRST we must decide what a "malmsteen" is worth, and multiply it by 1000, right? YM was HEAVILY 'influenced' by Paganini, as you surely know. unless you think he "invented music"...Check out a guy that Emily loved so much, Wes Montgomery, and listen to his take on this tune, and see if she's "playing his lines" or "copying" them. The lady had so much soul, it's dripping off the guitar. YM, he's good at what he does, too. Lucky man, he still gets to DO it, right?

[thanassis]

beautiful expression - great guitarist....

[nazametalslave]

she's the MANNNN!!!!!!God rest her soul

[stringrip]

This is also double tragedy . The bass player seen here is Gary Costello who was highly respected on the local scene and who died of sudden heart attack a year or so ago.

[wiltner]

2 people I would dearly loved to have met,

Elis Regina and Emily Remler. Emily is probably the sexiest guitar player we will ever see. Elis Regina of course for Aguas de Marco. The sexiest duet of all time.

[Tototwice]

SO sad that she is gone......She was one hell of a player.....DALLAS

[Raffo65]

beautiful as her.....

[velspir]

she's so wonderful! i love the run she plays in the end. inspirational

[pao7xl]

she's a genius!!!!

[deylite]

Beachblues...thanks for the history,it's all important and not up to one person to decide on the tube which part is relevant or not for ALL of us. Thanks for the post...it may inspire someone who needs to know this.

[outjazzer]

I miss Emily.

[maqbara]

I saw her live in wellington with Roger Sellers on drums and Paul Dyne on bass - awesome kiwi back-up - then she hit aussie and passed away - incredible concert.

[mitchgoesmoo]

Does anyone at all know where I can download or purchase her cd's?

I'm desperate to hear her music all day!

[seedevil]

man my mom went on tours doing R%B, my dad apparently was a kick ass guitarist, I'm 20 and have never gotten into music, but i gotta say, this makes me want to be a musican!

[SkatinatorS]

noone cares, do with your life as you wish and don't bug us unless you got something good

[LUISBANJO]

i love forever emily remler

[Lotrompetista]

good musiciant!

[Chordwayze]

Well if Emily had used up her 'three famous licks' here, I reckon she did pretty well. Not that I would disagree with Joe and he happens to be right anyhow! Fantastic rendition here.

[angeloamericano]

This was probably her last taped preformance, from Austrailia. She died a day or 2 later . may she rest in Peace

[beachblues]

This performance was recorded in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) on April 26th, 1990 and went to air 'live' on the Steve Vizard TONIGHT Show.

She died of an accidental drug overdose in the bathroom of the people she was staying with in Sydney the following week (Friday - May 4, 1990) and was due to perform at a hotel called the Rose, Shamrock & Thistle (the 'Three Weeds) in Rozelle the following night (Saturday - May 5, 1990).

[coolioto]

@angeloamericano How did she die?

[gebass6]

@coolioto Heart Failure.

[taariqtaariq]

@gebass6 she had too much smack, a hot shot finished her off. Sad really but there you go, don't do junk kiddies.

[8goong]

@coolioto she was overdosed, such a loss, she was one of the greats! arent too many like her

[coatdanger]

i'd forgotten about Emily but i do remember seeing her in guitar player magazine way back in the 80's. this is so cool and i still don't understand why female musicianship in held in higher regards. just onequestion though. how did she pass away?

[taildragger53]

@coatdanger According to Martin Taylors autobio book he saw Emily just days before see died. She'd kicked heroin for sometime but was on tour in Australia (as this video shows) She got the urge for a hit and begged Martin for money, he refused. Somehow she got the cash and blew it all on one last hit. It was too much for her system.

(if any here want to argue with this take it up with Martin Taylor, not me)

[jorgebarnet]

I was lucky to see her in Caracas with Monty Alexander on piano, Hector Hernandez on bass and "El Pavo" Frank on Drums... Great musician and a beautiful lady.

[Joviron]

what an angel

[flametop93]

Absolutely blinding!

When WAS this?

[sistalinda]

She played well through many ups and downs. May she rest in peace.

[streetpictures]

Everybody loves Antonio Carlos Jobim!

[taildragger51]

Emily Remler was NO egocentric junkie. She suffered bad stagefright and was always in fear of being scrutinised in a "macho" male guitar world.(far different to just using smack for FUN) She was a sensitive person who could nail most male guitar posers to the floor. This is why she gained praise from other giants of guitar like Larry Coryell, John Abercrombie,Martin Taylor, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass etc. How many of us will ever gain as much praise?

[lksjibidem]

didn't know the Amy Winehouse mother played so damn good guitars

[atta1798]

no different if i were to say that you lksjibidem look like a monkey! right?

[grippder1]

Thanks for posting this. One of my favorite players. I must say she looks very lovely here

as well. Such a shame.

[footcandy]

That's my girl... such a pleasure to stumble across this one on the chewb! Thanks

[angeloamericano]

She had a problem and it re-occured . She is missed very much.

[lizarddeceight]

Great performance! Went to the streets of Sydney to ease her pain, how did that kill her? Maybe she took a little too much paineaser. Only 32 and she looks in great

[ramosdan]

Rest in peace

[angeloamericano]

That was great and the ending killed! g13#11 ! I guess that was Emily's last preformance or the next to the last. I heard that she had a bad show the next day and was dissapointed and went to the streets of Sydney to ease her pain. I miss her.

[AlMue123]

how insensitive

[fjordking]

must have been just before she died

my how time flys by

[nessaxD]

Tom Jobim

And he's brazlian

[MarkoWTurkie]

mates i have a question, who is the real artist of the song "how insensitive"??

PLEASE ANSWER

[holyburn]

Em was a great friend of mine...she died the day after this was filmed.

[danelectroman70]

that was one hell of a loss. i picked up on her music about a year after she died when someone gave a friend of mine a box of jazz cds.  we were both hooked from the first listen. imagine the shock when we read in the liner notes that she passed away only a year prior. i live near Boston and would have loved to hear her perform at Berklee.

[Emeraldjazzlady]

I'm sorry Holyburn. This is the very first time I have ever heard of this very talented lady. A Brazilian friend in YOUTUBE sent me this video.

What happened to her? Thank you. GOD BLESS YOU.

[bradley1107]

shes alright

[sistalinda]

Wow bradley1107,

What an insensitive comment. I don't understand why anyone would say that about someone who clearly worked so hard on developing her talent.

I'm truly astonished.

[bradley1107]

si, que insensatez soi eu. I don't doubt her work ethic and knowledge, but Im not hip to her sound give me a break. I don't dislike her as a person and I sympathize with her life but at the end of the day its just one mans opinion. I didnt even say anything bad about her..you get astonished a little too easily.

[sistalinda]

Perhaps you are correct, I am easliy astonished. I relate intensely to personal struggle and see the act of overcoming itself to be noteworthy. And as a fledgeling musician, I found it difficult to be good enouph to perfom. For me it was a long elusive process. It seems pejoritive to say "she's alright." She inspires me.

Also I imagined her family seeing your comment and how it might hurt them.

[angeloamericano]

What a great treat! To see Emily play with a great band and looking so good and sounding like the virtuoso she was. Playing Jobim too! I think was one of the last days of her life as she died on this tour.

[gigijazzygirl]

Emily is so brilliant! Did you know that she played piano as well?

[taildragger51]

gigijazzygirl; I read once in CD liner notes that Emily started with punk music as a kid...then got into the blues playing of Johnny Winter (who really impressed her but also used heroin to combat severe stagefright). She then got into jazz music. Whatever is true all i can say is that she was like a breath of fresh air to me. Her female intuition took jazz guitar into another spiritual dimension. She was a totally gifted artist.

[taildragger51]

gigijazzygirl; I think Emily first studied Indian classical music thoroughly which is one heck of a challenge. Far different to most macho males who today learn SRV licks! But that gave Remler a rare knowledge of complex timings. Like John McLaughlin, Emily was the FULL musician..capable of playing any genre of music without relying on "licks".

[rbgtr]

I never studied with her, but I've learned from her tapes an cds. I know she went Berkeley then to New Orleans where she met and studied with Herb Ellis. Emily then toured with Astrud Gilberto in central and so. america. I can't remember reading anything that she studied East Indian music. Rather that she came from a Hendrix/Beatles background, and somewhere fell in love with Wes Montgomery!

[taildragger51]

rbgtr; The info about her studying Indian music is from her website.

[urheadonastick]

The story goes that she asked Herb Ellis for a lesson and HE was blow away by her talent and it turned into a jam session-Ha HA

[orlandoCF1]

So sad. Life could have been better. Rare footedge.

[franco6719]

1990. I understand this was taken very shortly before she died. You would have no clue from the video: looks great, sounds great. But life is often too damned absurd.

[waldo2384]

She was doing better at this point in her life. She had cleaned up and stopped doing heroin. Then while on her trip in Australia, she had a relapse, went out and scored, and ODed.

[franco6719]

<i> All truly great things that come into this world do so in spite of something--in spite of sorrow or suffering, poverty, destitution, physical weakness, depravity, passion, or a thousand other handicaps</i>

--Thomas Mann

[taildragger51]

franco6719; Yes, thank you for that statement from Thomas Mann. As the psychologist John Ruskan says..every creative artist has to dig deep into the psyche to perform/create. In doing so they open up a Pandoras Box of human emotions..mostly negative ones that they have to try and control in some way. This has occurred with so many from Dylan Thomas to Jimi Hendrix.(and thousands before them). Emily played from her heart with compassion and sensitivity.

[franco6719]

I did not know her personally. But I get the impression of a very open-hearted and generous person without a gigantic ego-complex. In an often cruel and competitive world (even music), this can leave a person vulnerable to all the usual nonsense.

[taildragger51]

franco6719; The musical world is one of the most fiercely cruel. It broke a few of my close friends. They are just constantly looking for mistakes yet the artist has to perform at optimum level ALL the time. It's no wonder, to escape,many seek substances. Like most high calibre musicians i would say Emily was probably a very complex, moody person with a spirit that was yearning to be free.. Most gifted musicians are. They operate on a "feeling", intuitive level.

[waldo2384]

What year is this video from? Emily overdosed and died in an Australian hotel room. This might be one of her last performances.

[nerudalobos]

It's from an Australian TV show - 'Tonight Live with Steve Vizard'. The same show as the clip where she plays now's the time. Not sure what year. Maybe one of the musicians that play on this will find the clip and provide more info...

[nerudalobos]

Tenor Madness is the other clip.

[franco6719]

I certainly wouldn't call that a waste!!

[franco6719]

Last week, I picked up my guitar for the first time in twelve years!! I've lost everything: technique, music-reading, chops. But it made my mother cry just to see and hear me playing and listening to music after shutting out it of my life for so long. The process has been like a reawakening of emotions and feelings that had died and been buried deep within me. It was listening to videos of Emily that started this process. She has touched someone's life even after her death.

[franco6719]

Wait a minute: It's coming back. It's coming back STRONGER!! (:

[sistalinda]

Hang in ther my friend. I've done the same thing. Let us never ignore our gift again. I'm gonna check your channel to see if you have posted anything yet.

[franco6719]

@sistalinda Well, it took me two years to get up the courage, but I have posted.

[taildragger51]

franco6719; I know what you mean. Mind you, you didn't lose as much as Pat Martino once did and look at him today! Yes, very FEW artists make that TRUE connection, almost a spiritual one, with their instrument (most are just posers as in the rock world) Emily, like Joe Pass and Pat Martino, was one of the few. Stunningly beautiful lady in every way. I think Wes Montgomery would've been truly proud of Remler.(and flattered)

[franco6719]

True, and Pat Martino is a big inspiration for me these days because of what he went through. I wouldn't dare compare myself to such a gifted giant, but his personal example of determination and struggle is very valuable.

Emily will be (is) remembered as one of the greats of jazz guitar. Enough said. The few "macho" critical commenters on some of these blogs don't even live in the same universe.

[taildragger51]

franco6719; Alot of guys see a female guitarist as a threat to their ego. It's almost like infiltrating a workingmans club back in the 1900s. I personally know guys who won't listen to the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Leni Stern etc. I wonder what it must 've been like for ladies like Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mary Osborne?

[taildragger51]

franco6719; Joe Pass once stated "You can't rely on licks when playing jazz or bossa nova! If you do your famous three licks will be used and gone within the first two bars. What do you do then?".

[franco6719]

Waste? I don't think so!! Tragic and sad, yes, but definitely NOT a waste. What an extraordinary gift of beauty and magic she managed to leave behind for the world in such a short time. The music continues to live and continues to inspire new generations of musicians.

[oldguitarguy]

Emily died from heartfailure in 1990, perhaps due to her regular use of heroin.

What a waste, what a sad loss for the guitarworld.

[bobster1250]

Awesome, and she looks gorgeous. What a loss to all of us.

[microcosmic2]

Someone tell Emily was dead.What's happened and when ? (cause i am curious about disappearing of stars)

[johnnyguitar2001]

Pure music!