Emily Remler - interviewed in 1986

Emily Remler interviewed in Switzerland in 1986.

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[JazzGeetar213]

Yeah she said she had to be twice as good as a man to be as respected. Crazy thing is that it doesn't matter any more because she is twice as good most men. Even the great jazz guys she plays with. She's really a great musician and she overcame a lot of stereotyping and negative attitudes. I'm a guy but that doesn't make her any less of an inspiration. Awesome musician.

[YOUYOU47]

What she says about women playing an instrument, in this case the guitar, is very true. I'm in this case too (I'm definitely not Emily Remmler), and for some reason you have to fight against a critical attitude from your audience all the time until you prove you CAN play. I play for nearly 39 years and still suffer from this. But no one will make me stop from playing. She's a great example of an accomplished musician, and her death is a great loss.

[COCO97233]

I still feel sad when I see her face again... I will always miss you, Emmy ! I have a poster of you playing on stage in my room. Iheard about your death in 1990, as I was driving my car. I had to stop,just to cry along the highway.

[maigles]

I love this chick

[franksinbeans]

Very inspiring

[BenjaminGoose]

@abalvarez Agreed!

[markmarktarmann]

@Fitzliputzli23 Good catch. T'hat nearly always happens here. in an episode of "3 stone from the sun" a character tells his WW 2 story about how he "strangled a nazi with his bare hands". that was subtitled: "he single-handedly won the battle of Normandy". bizarre, added entertainment for me.

[slangpdx]

I saw her play a concert at a college in Idaho in 1981. Earlier the same day she gave a workshop where she said she realized she had talent when she was riding in cars with friends and was able to sing harmony to the horn parts on the radio. She went to Berklee. At the concert she said she brought her own group but was forced to use the band supplied by the school. Please check out her album Together with Larry Coryel, their version of Joy Spring by Clifford Brown is superb.

[robiandolo]

@jeschinstad But great female jazz artists are usually vocalists. I have never heard of her until just now. She was, I guess, a terrific guitarist. I don't care that she was a girl but was surprised1 pleasantly i might add.

[MrJameo17]

I saw her live in Perth twice very good shows miss her a lot

[jeschinstad]

It makes me sad to be reminded that even when I was a child (I was six when this interview was taken), women were suppressed, or felt suppressed like that. If your mind feels unequal, then it is. But Jazz without women would be like whisky with water -- or coffee without it.

[Guitarman1943]

I discovered Emily Remler many years ago. she was great and is great. I became a fan of her immediately and I have all recordings videos I can find. But not that with Roosmary Clooney and her last recording. Her videos made us better players and is as far as I can see the best there is in jazz teaching. It was a great shock when I was reading about her death at so an young age. Guitarman1943