Deirdre Cartwright & Kathy Dyson have graciously posted a couple of outstanding selections from their duo performance at this years Manchester Jazz Festival that honored the music of Emily, where they presented some original Remler compositions and appropriately mixed in a few from her favorite artists such as Wes Montgomery and Clifford Brown. Enjoy the unique and lovely musical exchanges that only jazz guitars in tandem can provide. All The Things You Are is from an earlier show in May at the Vortex when they appeared as a quartet. Their playing is simply endearing and of great inspiration. We can’t wait to hear what’s next for them both.
Click the button to choose from the three videos.

Click to read full article from Jazztimes News: Gone, Not Forgotten.

ATE overseas correspondent Simon Crook was lucky enough to find the best table
in the house to take in the show and has this review to share.

On one of the warmest evenings of the year so far, Kathy Dyson And Deirdre Cartwright opened their set with an elegant take on Wes Montgomery’s Four On Six in front of a good-natured and attentive audience. Following on with Emily’s arrangement of Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise, their soulful playing on this tune was a particular highlight, showcasing Deirdre’s lyrical lines as she skillfully dug into the harmony, choosing only the most meaningful intervals to define Kathy’s solid accompaniment. A well received version of Horace Silver’s perky Sister Sadie was up next. Deirdre spoke about how much Emily had influenced them both and deserved to be remembered and the amazing fact that, as far as they know, they are still the only professional women jazz guitarists in the UK. Jobim’s haunting and beautiful How Insensitive gave them both a chance to stretch out and trade solos. A confident version of Emily’s own composition, Blues For Herb followed, and the mood remained upbeat with Joy Spring, a tune that Emily had arranged and regularly played live, years before recording it with Larry Coryell. Deirdre and Kathy ended the set with the standard, All The Things You Are. Although it would have been good to hear a couple more of Emily’s own compositions it was impossible not to be charmed and thoroughly entertained by their great playing and infectious enthusiasm for the music.

Bruce Robinson caught the show and adds:

This was a great gig. Two distinctly different sounding guitarists influenced by Emily giving their take on her music using the original settings. They both were really enjoying themselves and communicated it to the audience. There are still a few wrinkles to be ironed out but I hope this music makes it to cd.

Of interest, Bruce will also be presenting some of Emily’s music to the Manchester Jazz Society this coming September on the 19th. For more information visit the MJS website.

Click to read interview: Five Questions For Kathy Dyson
from UK’s MetroLife section where she shares a few thoughts about Emily and why there are too few women jazz guitarists. Certainly a topic that deserves further discussion and evaluation.

Play on ladies.

Thanks to the continued hard work of the guys at Music Sales Publishing who have been busy converting great titles from the Hot Licks archives, Emily’s two outstanding jazz guitar lessons are in stock and ready to ship. Click the covers to visit Elderly Instruments for U.S. or International shipping of these new DVD lessons. We are excited about upgrading our jazz lesson libraries and relishing the opportunity to listen and learn from Emily’s remastered presence once again.


See the Videos/Songbooks page for more details.
These titles are now widely available from a variety of sources.

The biggest news of 2007 comes from distinguished New Zealand drummer Frank Gibson who was instrumental in this reissue of visiting American Jazz artists to New Zealand during the early ’80’s that includes two new unpublished songs from Emily, her last ever studio recordings on 4/24/90.
Visit Frank’s site for details about the project and get a free listen to Funkallero @ frankgibson.com
~ Click on the graphic to purchase ParalleL 37 exclusively from Smoke CD’s. This project probably won’t get the exposure it deserves in the U.S. but it’s full of wonderful performances from highly celebrated names in Jazz like Scofield and Milt Jackson.


It’s a rare blessing to have new Emily songs to cherish.