Charlie Sutton and Jeff Fuller

Deep in a Dream

Available from Quadrangle Music

Deep In A Dream is our second recording and in many repects this new release is a direct descendant of our previous offering, "The Cuckoo's Blues" named, by the way, in recognition of our long association with the Cuckoo's Nest Restaurant of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, where we have had a steady gig for all of twelve years now.
Both "The Cuckoo's Blues" and "Deep In A Dream" are representations of our continuously evolving approach to the mix of jazz, Brazilian, and popular standards we enjoy presenting to our audiences on Thursday evening at the Cuckoo's Nest, as well as in other venues.

Deep In A Dream does, however, have some special features which will make it a novel and unique musical experience for our long-time fans and for new listeners alike.

One example is my original, "Hail, Bop!" Here I pay homage to the revolutionary but enduring style created by jazz giants Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie while simultaneously commemorating a striking natural phenomenon observed a few years ago in the heavens. True to a time-honored convention of the bebop idiom, "Hail, Bop!" ingeniously fits a complex new melody to the harmonies of a familiar old standard. Listen carefully. If you don't immediately recognize the source of the chord changes think celestial!

Two numbers on this album have their genesis in the exposure Charlie enjoyed to the culture of Ethiopia during the course of his service there as a Peace Corps volunteer. One is a short original composition entitled "Tizaega." It places a variety of characteristic Ethiopian melodic elements within the context of a twenty-four bar blues. The other is "Oo-oota Ayaskeffam," a melody which, though first made popular in Addis Ababa by the legendary vocalist Tilahun Gessesse forty years ago, has never lost its sad and haunting appeal, the essence of which I try to capture in my solo.

We wish to express our gratitude to the staff of the Cuckoo's Nest and to all our loyal fans. Special thanks go to Cuckoo's Nest owners Jim Fitzpatrick and Pete McNeil for their unwavering support; and to Norman Johnson of Manor Recording, whose skilled, careful work and co-operation have made possible the presentation of our music in the best possible light.

Jeff Fuller

Charlie Sutton - Piano
Jeff Fuller - Bass

Deep in a Dream

1.	I Can Dream, Can't I? (Sammy Fain, Marlo Music Corp. Chappell & Co.)	4:32
2.	Oo-oota Ayaskeffam (Girmaye Hadgo - Afework Yohannes, Ethiopian Imperial Bodyguard Orchestra)	3:53
3.	Hail, Bop! (Jeff Fuller, Quadrangle Music BMI)	4:02
4.	The More I See You (Harry Warren, WB Music Corp.)	5:36
5.	Quasimodo (Charlie Parker, Forshay Music Co. BMI)	4:22
6.	You Must Believe In Spring (Michel Legrand, N.S. Beaujolais Music, Inc. ASCAP)	6:00
7.	Love Letters (Victor Young, Famous Music Corp.)	4:43
8.	Samba do Avião (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hollis Music SDRM-BMI)	4:24
9.	Lurkin' Around (Charlie Sutton, Quadrangle Music BMI)	4:44
10.	Speak Low (Kurt Weill, Chappell/TRO Hampshire House Publ. ASCAP)	5:14
11.	Andorinha (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Corcovado Music Corp.)	5:45
12.	Israel (John Carisi, Beechwood Music BMI)	3:27
13.	Deep In A Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen, Warner Brothers, Inc.)	4:14
14.	Só Danço Samba (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ludlow Music, Inc.)	3:24
15.	Tizaega (Charlie Sutton, Quadrangle Music BMI)	1:17
16.	Every Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter, Chappell & Co. ASCAP)	5:27

TOTAL TIME 71:10

Produced by Charlie Sutton and Jeff Fuller
Recorded November 16, 2001
Manor Recording, Middletown CT
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Norman Johnson
Photos by Harold Shapiro
Manufactured and printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken NJ, U.S.A.