All your jazz favorites done in ’60s-style Japanese–too fun to miss this one!

YouTube - モダン・ジャズ・オペラ 桃太郎.

Emily Remler is one of my all-time favorite jazz musicians–a wonderful guitarist who was on the rise toward

stardom when she lost her life to heroin addiction at age 31. I have all her albums and enjoy them

frequently.  There are two “Retrospective” albums of her work  (Volume 1:  Standards and Volume 2: Compositions), but my favorite is probably East to Wes. (BTW, I purchased most of her tunes as downloads on emusic.com.)

Emily was not only a great player, she was a dedicated jazz teacher, too. She made several instructional videos which I have found quite valuable, and her approach to soloing has really helped me to find “good notes” over the changes. I’ll

share some of what I learned from her in an article on using melodic minor scales.

Click here to visit a fabulous blog with TONS of great info about Emily, her music, and her life. Enjoy!

Here are the lyrics to a new song I’ve written. I’ll post a recording when I can.

REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS

Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new–but that’s going to change. I’ve decided to recommit myself to doing some blogging about my favorite music. If you have questions or topics to discuss, I’d enjoy hearing from you.

Stay tuned!