East to Wes

She was accompanied by the pianist Hank Jones, who had played on Firefly (1981), her first record, the double bass player Buster Williams and the drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith.

[1] For the liner notes, Nat Hentoff wrote that Remler said about her composition "East to Wes" that it was an "impression of the earlier bossa nova stuff he did.

"[2] For the AllMusic reviewer, Ken Dryden, this is a highly recommended recording, considering that "The late guitarist's last CD to be released before her premature death is her finest effort".

[3] In the 9th edition of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, Richard Cook and Brian Morton awarded the album a full 4 stars, calling it "impeccable" and "the best example of her work."

They wrote: "While conceived as a Montgomery homage, Remler's playing actually shows how unlike Wes she really was: harder of tone, her solos more fragmented yet equally lucid.