Great to have so many versions on her doing the same tunes, esp Moanin'. Great insight into her playing. Some favorite riffs for sure, but no verbatim repetition. Tremendous variety.
Emily was really great, too bad she couldn't be with us today, we could use her playing and overall role model for jazz and certainly for women. A lot of us were jealous of her in the beginning, but I think she won most everyone over by her sheer determination, grace and the reality that she truly was gifted. A real loss, can't believe she's been gone more than three decades. Thanks for posting this, reminds me why I fell in love with jazz and with guitar music.
Good Lord, what a find! Any data on who the recording engineer was? This is a *very* clean recording, obviously state-of-the-art gear/technique in 1988, and as good as anything being done in 2020. How did you come by this? Imagine what else might be rotting in someone's dusty attic...unknown Coltrane takes, Wes, who knows...I'm flabbergasted by this, just flat-out blown away. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm a B-3 player, 60 years experience - I'm 73, been playing since I was 13. This music must not die - it's America's contribution to the Arts, unique in all the world. SHARE THIS, EVERYONE!
I agree, I'm on the hunt for more, there is never enough Emily. I think the recording was done by Kelli Roberti the bass player. A number of these late era recordings seem to have been recorded or put out there by him. I tried reaching out to him, but he passed away couple of years ago. I don't know if his family has more recordings but there has to be more out there. Glad you're enjoying it, I also fascinated by these performances and think the world needs to find out about this amazing talent. Her original recordings need to be rereleased, cleaning up some of the bad recordings that were done and some of these live concerts could be included. Let me know if you have any ideas about how I could find more. Good day.
@@andyguitar Perhaps you could post to some of the discussion groups on the Butte CraigsList - maybe someone who was at the gig remembers it, or knows someone, or knows something about it. Maybe a post to a Butte group (or groups) on FaceBook? What about the drummer - any way to get in touch with him? Anything you can find about the gear - what mixer, which mikes, digital or analog, tape or hard disk, etc., would be invaluable. In fact, I think I'll give the Butte CraigsList idea a shot myself - see what pops up. ;-)
You are right,great recording of America’s contribution to the music world.At 55,I have been playing guitar for 45 years and making my living at it for 40. Emily was a true talent.Willie,keep on swing in’....guitarist-Galen Hunsucker
Wow, what a great recording. I heard her live the night before she died... that was at the Perth Jazz Society (Australia) on May 3 1990. Thanks for sharing this!
Wow! Can you tell more about that night? We're coming to the anniversary of her passing in a few days. It's such a sad thing, and was just wondering what her last gig was like.
@@andyguitar Well, I remember she was with a local bass player and drummer (from Perth), she was wearing a leopard skin jumpsuit and smoking a lot. It was a great gig and I have a bootleg CD of it which is currently in NZ.
@@aartman01 Wow, I was wondering if anybody remembered seeing her last show, and if there was a recording. Any chance I could hear that recording? I have about 30-40 Emily boots that I'd be happy to share. My email address is jazzguitarist@aol.com. BTW her passing was 31 years ago today. Andy Troyanos
I've got her at the Blue Note in 1986. Her version of "Insensetez" with Ricky Sebastian (with whom she had not played in years) and Bob Moses, was phenomenal. The tapes are buried somewhere, but today's tape decks are low end a lot of fidelity will get lost as I'm not paying what anyone wants for a vintage deck.
I'd say that it's much more than "a bit sad." She died of an opioid overdose at the age of 32. That's really tragic, much more than "a bit" of anything, sadness included.
@@ampcharge5509 I'm referring to her life as a whole...her "story". And though her death was certainly tragic, her life shouldn't be defined by that. Her pursuit, exploration, and performance of her music was amazing, and should be included as something uplifting in her story, despite the ending.
@@ProckGnosis I fully agree that her life shouldn't be defined by her overdose, but I don't think that anyone is saying as much. I'm only commenting on something that seems like an understatement.
The blues is Wayne Shorter’s ‘Charcoal Blues’ from his Night Dreamer album. After that it should be ‘Pedals’ not Petals. It’s Emily’s Coltrane inspired pedal tone composition.
