So I saw an Emily Remler disc called East to Wes at my library the other day. Checked it out, and was pleasantly surprised. She's a real tasty player, not overly flashy (for a jazz guitarist) though she had some really sick lines. Fantastic tone, too. Even though she's got "Wes" in the title and the 8th track is called "East to Wes" and I presume is meant to be an homage to Wes Montgomery, I found the second-to-last track, "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise," to really cop the Wes Montgomery feel, playing with the fingers, using lots of octaves. Soft tone, too. A beautiful ballad.
Anyway, just though I'd mention this. I know desertbluesman knew her, and recommended her. A really outstanding player who died when she was only 33, and worth checking out, especially if you like jazz guitar in that melodic Wes Montgomery style.
Here's "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" on the tubes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ZDTMl-2Vg
I took lessons from Emily Remler, I actually took lessons in her room several times, and many times in my fathers office.And every year when she came back for a week or two I took lessons from her, as many as I could.
I was jamming away on my Twin Reverb turned all the way up, and she knocked on my door during a pause in the sonic chaos, and she says I am a jazz guitar player and I heard you playing, and I was wondering if you would like some guitar lessons, 5 bucks a half hour. I handed her my guitar, and said show me. And she asked me to turn the amp down, which I did, and she showed me. And boy did she show me. I took an hour on the spot, and an hour every day for the week she was on the resort island where I lived at the time. I have a friend, Kenny Wilson whom I met on the interned at the Cakewalk forums who also knew her personally, you can go to his sound click page or You Tube and put in his name and you will hear and see some spectacular guitar work.
I actually did a few tunes in her honor. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=2800306 and http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=5020039
I loved that gal very much especially sitting on her bed in her room with guitars in hand, just watching and stopping her during a jam and asking her what she just did. Amazing.
By the way she was a heroin addict later on after I interacted with her, and she died in an "Internet friend" of mine's friends bathroom of a heroin overdose somewhere in Australia. Kenny knew her in those days some 10 years after I knew her, and he told me stories of how she used to have to turn tricks on the streets of New York City to score. Imagine that, a player of that caliber turning tricks on the streets for dope. I was sure sad to hear all about that.