Firefly (Emily Remler album)

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Firefly
Studio album by
Emily Remler
ReleasedApril 1981 (1981-04)
RecordedApril 1981
StudioCoast Recorders, San Francisco
GenreJazz
Length39:39
LabelConcord Jazz
ProducerCarl E. Jefferson
Emily Remler chronology
Firefly
(1981) 		Take Two
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[2]

Firefly is the debut album by jazz guitarist Emily Remler. She was accompanied by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Bob Maize, and drummer Jake Hanna.

Reception[]

A review by Allmusic called the album an example of bop bordering on hard bop. For the 1980s it would not be considered groundbreaking, but the album sounded like it could have come out of the height of the bop era in the 1960s.[1]

In the 7th edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Richard Cook and Brian Morton wrote: "Firefly is fluent if a little anonymous, although she handles the diversity of 'Strollin' and 'In A Sentimental Mood' without any hesitation."[2]

Maggie Hawthorn comment at the liner notes[3] of this CD: Remler did the arrangements but she notes that there were no rehearsals - just considerable warmth and empathy among the participants.

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Strollin'" (Horace Silver)5:29
2."Look to the Sky" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)5:23
3."Perk's Blues" (Remler)4:06
4."Firefly" (Remler)4:05
5."Movin' Along" (Wes Montgomery)5:30
6."A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott)2:09
7."Inception" (McCoy Tyner)5:09
8."In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Curtis, Irving Mills)7:48

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Henderson, Alex. "Firefly". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (Penguin Books Ltd, England, (2004)[1992]: p.1356, ISBN 0-141-01416-4).
  3. ^ Maggie Hawthorn (1981). Firefly (booklet). Emily Remler. Concord Records. CCD-4162.
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