Firefly (Emily Remler album)

Firefly
Studio album by Emily Remler
Released	April 1981
Recorded	April 1981
Studio	Coast Recorders, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:39
Label	Concord Jazz
Producer	Carl E. Jefferson
Emily Remler chronology

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

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.	Title	Length
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

gollark: So it had some positive effects, doesn't make it good on net.

gollark: Yes, which is bad.

gollark: So you both subscribe to... roughly egoism?

gollark: That's basically impossible, unless I try and draw on... human nature or something, which is baaaasically just a somewhat obfuscated ethical framework.

gollark: Well, I can't exactly justify an ethical framework to you which you don't agree with.

References

Henderson, Alex. "Firefly". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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).
Maggie Hawthorn (1981). Firefly (booklet). Emily Remler. Concord Records. CCD-4162.

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[Henderson-1] Henderson, Alex. "Firefly". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[Penguin-2] 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.