For those unaware, Resonance Records has just released a collection of previously-unheard live recordings by unsing guitar great Emily Remler.

That album is Cookin’ at the Queens, and documents her Las Vegas gigs in 1984 and 1988, and is to be released as an incredible 3-LP set on RSD Black Friday, November 29th and as 2-CD set on Friday, December 6th, 2024.

It is the very first Remler release in 33 Years! The deluxe package includes liner notes by acclaimed author Bill Milkowski, plus recollections from esteemed guitarists Russell Malone, Mike Stern, Rodney Jones and Dave Stryker along with Remler advocates Mimi Fox, Jocelyn Gould, Amanda Monaco and more!

Taped live at the 4 Queens Hotel and Casino in the old part of the Vegas strip (where Resonance’s 2016 release, Live at the 4 Queens from Shirley Horn, was originally recorded), these stunning performances by Remler reveal her abiding love of her personal guitar hero Wes Montgomery and other influential players like Pat Martino and George Benson. Taken as a whole, they represent some of Emily’s most scintillating, swinging, exploratory, unrestrained and inspired playing ever.

CD 1:

1. Moanin’ (9:43)

2. How Insensitive (Insensatez) (9:52)

3. Autumn Leaves (8:03)

 4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (10:01)

5. Meditation (Meditação) (8:52)

 6. Hot House/What Is This Thing Called Love? (5:58)

7. You Don’t Know What Love Is (11:00)

8. West Coast Blues (11:56)

 9. Tenor Madness (4:50)



Whether it’s burning on an uptempo bebop number or tackling modal classics, she opens on the intricate and moving Moanin’ and then brings us the technical finesse of How Insensitive (Insensatez), the expressionful Autumn Leaves, and a luxuriant Polka Dots and Moonbeams, before bringing forth an impassioned Space Travelin’ Blues, the fast foot tapper Hot House/What Is This Thing Called Love?, an almost spiritual You Don’t Know What Love Is, the first disc rounding out on the melodically-grooved West Coast Blues and the aptly-titled gem Tenor Madness.

CD 2:
1. Out of Nowhere (8:19)

 2. Manha de Carnaval (13:35)

3. Cisco (6:14)

4. Yesterdays (8:18)

5. All Blues (13:15)

6. Someday My Prince Will Come (9:02)

7. So What/Impressions (11:13)

8. D-Natural Blues (8:18)


The second CD opens on the flowing notes strewn within the captivating Out of Nowhere and the Latin-hued, strongly motivated jazzy-blues of Manha de Carnaval, and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the all-embracing Cisco, the doleful, yet expertly sculpted Yesterdays, with her incredible talents in full effect for the gripping All Blues, a low slung Someday My Prince Will Come, some rather tasty phrases within the duo of So What/Impressions, and finally the groovy licks of cultivated improvisation of D-Natural Blues closing the recording.

Renowned jazz detective Zev Feldman, who produced this Resonance Records release, said: “As time goes by, some artists’ legacies get even more interesting and become more important, and I think Emily Remler is such a significant artist. She needs to be talked about and discussed more. She was a trailblazer and I hope these recordings are going to contribute to and validate her story and her importance.”

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