Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 62

December enrollment NOVIKOFF 585-4404 6D, Shrtesman-Joumoj, Salem, Ore, Friday, December 11, 1981 Rentier plays good guitar, and not because she's a girl SCHOOL OF BALLET Visty any h'me no contract) BALLET TOE FOLK DANCES MODERN JAZZ DISCO BALLROOM Instructor Training SHAPE UP I LADIES KEEP FIT CLASSES 248 Commercial N.E. Salem 97301 A Berkeley graduate at 18, she moved to New Orleans in 1976. There weren't too many guitar players around and she was one of the few; who could read. Voila! Jobs. All kinds of them.

Borne flveF Remler worked everything front the Summer Pops series to a rhythnf PolterijlfCi and blues band with the uniquely 1 1 80 Barnes Avenue S.E., Salem, Oregon 97306 378-1238 exactly a dime a dozen ordinaire' in jazz. In spite of the women's movement, the prejudice against them has persisted in jazz (more so than in rock) where a you-gotta-show-me attitude has prevailed for all except singers and perhaps pianists. REMLER READILY admits that in the beginning she had to prove herself almost every time she played. "When I got a job the guys would look at me with something bordering on panic," she recalls. "To them, a girl plus a guitar adds up to folk music and they were afraid I'd screw up the jazz gig." So the release of her first album as a leader Concord CJ 162) not only is a small victory for the ERA, it also puts to rest any doubts about Render's ability as a jazz guitarist.

She is part of a new generation that is filling the gaps in American jazz with youthful vitality supported by a solid musical education. ByDONUHL For the Statesman-Journal "I first heard of her in New Orleans about three or four years ago. She called me and wanted a lesson. I made the mistake of categorizing her. I said to her 'I'd be glad to give you a lesson, but understand, I don't play classical and I don't go for that finger pickin' folk music' She said, 'I don't do that.

I play jazz I was a little suspect until I heard her, but I want to tell you she can really play!" Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis was talking about his first meeting with 24-year-old Emily Remler. In an interview in Salem he also described her as "the hottest young guitarist coming up." And after 40 years of strumming, he should be a pretty good judge. Ellis' initial reluctance to accept Remler as a jazz player is perhaps understandable when you consider that women instrumentalists are not offbeat name of "Little Queenie and the Percolators." One of the track on her new albuni is an original she put together commemorate her stay with thai group. I THE TITLE tune, "The another Remler original, is her tribf ute to the late Wes Montgomery. She also includes Montgomery's classirj "MovuV Along" in the album.

On both cuts she is the master incarnate Pottery by Bob Richardson Put a little light in your life! VOTIVE CANDLE LANTERNS CANDLE HOLDERS by Bob Richardson Hours: Monday Friday 1 2:00 Saturday 1 0:00 4:00 We Pack and Ship Via United Parcel Service Gift Certificates Available as she stretches out with his unique We are Located one-half block west of Commercial on Barnes (behind Salem Farm and Garden Supply) octave technique. The remainder of the albu showcases the music of Horace Silj GIFTS GALORE Pins Paintings Photos Posters Prints Casseroles Platters Mugs Handbags Mittens Scarves Hats Rings Necklaces Thimbles Toys Ornaments Wreathes Cards Teapots Sunshine Pizza Exchange ver, Antonio Jobim, McCoy Tynef and Ellington. With the exception of "A Taste of Honey," Remler's only solo cut, sh is in heavy company with pianist Hank Jones, drummer Jake Hannl and bassist Bob Maize. And now an then the contrast in years of experience surfaces particularly when Hank Jones follows a Remler solo with one of his assertive musical statements. Nevertheless, the men in her rhythm section, each in his own way, LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED 1 1 1 fi'Tt't rrt 1 1 1 mrr tti -i ttt wt tri i i 1 i nth have called her an extremely rare talent; mature beyond her age.

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