Subterranean Dream

Stephanie K.Don‘t let me be lonely tonight 4’07 The fool on the hill 4’22 Should we or should we not 2’42 I‘m a fool to want you 6’03Subterranean dream 3’59 Echoes of a landscape 4’53Never let me go 4’04 Straight ahead 3’56 Can‘t we be friends 2’5250 ways to leave your lover 4’53 Infant eyes 4’53 Can‘t fi nd my way home 4’49 The island (Começar de novo) 5’06 Whispers with the wind 4’36 Winter sweet 5’19

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James TaylorLennon/McCartney

Stephanie K. J.Herron/F.Sinatra

Stephanie K.Daniel Masuch

J.Livingston/R.EvanMal Waldron

P.James/K.SwiftPaul Simon

Wayne ShorterSteve Winwood

Ivan LinsStephanie K.

Kenny Wheeler

Stephanie K. (Klco-Brosius) Aaron Goldberg

Reuben Rogers Eric Harland

John EllisRyan Scott

vocalspiano and fender rhodesbass drumssoprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet guitar

Reuben Rogers and Aaron GoldbergAcoustic Recording, Brooklyn NY, Feb 2007Michael BrorbyAvatar studios NYC Katsu NaitoThe Vault Mastering Studios NYC Nathan JamesIngrid Haenicke (www.das-werbebuero.com)Schubert Fotographie, Ladbergen, GermanyJD Sloan

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Photography of Stephanie K.Trio Photo courtesy of

Total playing time: 66’53

Aaron Goldberg is a sunnyside recording artistJohn Ellis is a Hyena recording artist

www.stephaniek.de

For my children and their dreams

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Aaron GoldbergEric Harland Reuben Rogers

Vocals:

Trio:

Stephanie K. (Klco-Brosius)

Aaron Goldberg pianoReuben Rogers bassEric Harland drums

John Ellis

Ryan Scott

guitar

soprano and tenor saxphones,

bass clarinet

3. Should we or should we not? (Stephanie K.)arr: Reuben RogersJohn Ellis, tenor saxophone

Should we or should we notShould we continue or should we stopYou got my number my guard is all asunderShould we or should we not

Will you or won’t you stayI’ll close the door and you’ll go awayWe’re temptin fate, cause the hour’s getting lateWill you or won’t you stay

Life used to be so lazy, Before I met youBut you’ve got runnin crazy, yeah what am I to do

Shall we or shan’t we tryEither way I think I’m gonna cryThe lights are red, but my heart says go aheadShall we or shan’t we try

Should we or should we not

For my unstoppable

mother…. whose strength

matches her beauty and

whose spirit is as free as it is earthbound! ..

One of my father´s favourites 2. The fool on the hill

(Lennon/McCartney)arr: Aaron GoldbergRyan Scott, guitarDay after day, alone on a hillThe man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly stillBut nobody wants to know himThey can see that he‘s just a foolAnd he never gives an answerBut the fool on the hillSees the sun going downAnd the eyes in his headSee the world spinning ´round

Well on the way, head in a cloudThe man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loudBut nobody ever hears himOr the sound he appears to makeAnd he never seems to noticeBut the fool on the hillSees the sun going downAnd the eyes in his headSee the world spinning ´round

Day after day, alone on a hillThe man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly stillAnd nobody seems to like himThey can tell what he wants to doAnd he never shows his feelingsBut the fool on the hillSees the sun going downAnd the eyes in his headSee the world spinning ´round

Day after day, alone on a hillThe man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly stillHe never listens to themHe knows that they‘re the foolsThey don‘t like himThe fool on the hillSees the sun going downAnd the eyes in his headSee the world spinning ´round

1. Don’t let me be lonely tonight (James Taylor)arr: Aaron Goldberg/Reuben Rogers

Do me wrongDo me rightTell me lies But hold me tightSave your goodbyes for the morning lightBut don’t let me be lonely tonight

Say goodbye and say helloSure enough good to see youBut its time to goDon’t say yes, but pleaseDon’t say noI don’t want to be lonely tonight

Go away then damn youGo on do as you pleaseYou ain’t gonna see me Getting down on my kneesI’m undecided cause your heart’s been dividedOh you’ve been turning my world upside down

Do me wrong Do me right, right now babyGo on and tell me lies But hold me tightSave your goodbyes for the morning lightBut don’t let me be lonely tonightI don’t want to be lonely

4. I’m a fool to want you( Jack Wolf, Joel Herron and Frank Sinatra) arr: Aaron Goldberg

I’m a fool to want youI’m a fool to want youTo want a love that can’t be trueA love that’s there for others too

I’m a fool to hold youSuch a fool to hold youTo want a kiss not mine aloneTo want a kiss the devil has known

Time and time again I said I’d leave youTime and time again I went awayThen would come the time that I would need youOnce again these words I’d have to say

I’m a fool to want youPity me I need youI know its wrong it must be wrongBut right or wrong I just can’t get alongWithout you

A song about loss and how we sometimes cope

with it in a dream like consciousness.

6. Echoes of a landscape

(Daniel Masuch) An impressionistic portrait of sound written by friend and long time colleague Daniel Masuch a

8. Straight ahead (Mal Waldron) lyrics: Abbey Lincolnduo with Aaron Goldberg, piano

Straight ahead the road keeps windingNarrow wet and dimly litVainly looking for a crossroadWhere a weary soul can sitLost and needing some directionsDodging ruts along the wayBumpy road confuse a bodyLead a trusting soul astrayFor some the road is smooth and easyTrav’lin high, without a careBut if you got to use the back roadsStraight ahead can lead nowhereSo on this road you’ve got a problemGetting where you want to goSpeed limits almost down to nothingStraight ahead, but awful slow

It was an honor

to record this piece written by an old friend who is missed by many.

7. Never Let me go

(Jay Livingston & Ray Evan)John Ellis, tenor saxophonearr: Aaron Goldberg

Never let me goLove me much too muchIf you let me goLife would lose its touchWhat would I be without youThere’s no place for meWithout you

Never let me goI’d be so lost If you went awayThere’d be a thousand hoursIn a dayWithout you I know

Because of one caress My world was overturnedFrom the very startAll my bridges burnedBy my flaming heartYou wouldn’t leave me would youYou couldn’t hurt me could youNever let me goNever let me go

5. Subterranean Dream

(Stephanie K.) harmonized by Daniel Masucharr. Aaron GoldbergRyan Scott, guitar

Together at the break of dayA part of us is dyingThere’s nothing more that we can sayAnd if we did we would be lyingThere’s nothing more that we can doIts all been doneThis is the end of all we knewAnd still there’s something that remains Not all is lost For there is comfort with the pain

Hear meThough my voice makes not a soundDon’t fear meIts like we’re dreaming underground

And now its time to walk awaySeparate lives are callingTomorrow is another day And not to go would just be stallingAnd still we linger on the brinkAbout to jumpUntil our hearts begin to sinkAnd yet we cling to what we know Although its wrongIts time to let go

Hold me Though my arms feel like they’re boundDon’t scold meIts like we’re dreaming underground

Subterranean Dream

10. Fifty ways to leave your lover (Paul Simon)arr: Aaron Goldberg

The problem is all inside your head he said to meThe answer is easy if you take it logicallyI’d like to help you in your struggle to be freeThere must be 50 ways to leave your lover

He said its really not my habit to intrudeFurthermore I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued, So I’ll repeat myself at the risk of being crudeThere must be 50 ways to leave your lover50 ways to leave your lover

Just slip out the back JackMake a new plan StanYou don’t need to be coy RoyJust listen to meHop on the bus GusYou don’t need to discuss muchJust drop off the key Lee and get yourself free

He said it grieves me so to see you in such painI wish there was something I could do To make you smile again, I said well I appreciate that And would you please explain about the 50 ways

He said why don’t we both just sleep on it tonight And I believe that in the morning you’ll begin to see the lightAnd then he kissed me and I realized he probably was right There must be 50 ways to leave your lover50 ways to leave your lover

9. Can’t we be friends? (P. James/Kay Swift)arr: Aaron Goldberg/Reuben Rogers

I thought I found the man of my dreamsNow it seemsThis is how the story endsHe‘s going to turn me downAnd say „can‘t we be friends“

I thought for once it couldn‘t go wrongNot for longI can see the way this endsHe‘s going to turn me downAnd say „can‘t we be friends“

Never againThrough with loveThrough with menThey play their game without shameAnd who‘s to blame

I thought I found a man I could trustWhat a bustThis is how the story endsHe‘s going to turn me downAnd say „can‘t we be friends“

Why should I careThough he gave me the airAnd why should I cryHe’ll just sighand wonder why

I thought for once it couldn‘t go wrongNot for longI can see the way this endsHe‘s going to turn me downAnd say „can‘t we be friends“

11. Infant Eyes

(Wayne Shorter)lyrics by Stephanie K.

No I had never knownWhen I was all aloneMyself I thought I knewBut that was before you

My love innocent loveI found myself in youMy soul to my surpriseRefl ected in your eyes

These eyes have yet to seeThe pain a life can bringI’ll stay here by your sideAnd guard your infant eyes

One of the fi rst songs forwhich I felt inspired

to write lyrics. I had eight very precious eyesin mind...

13. The Island (Começar de Novo)(Ivan Lins) lyrics: Marilyn and Alan Bergmanarr: Aaron GoldbergRyan Scott, Guitar

Make believe we’ve landedOn a desert IslandBath me in the watersWarm me in the moonlightTaste me with your kissesFind the secret placesTouch me till I trembleFree my wings for fl ying andCatch me while I’m fallingKeep your arms around meLike there’s no tomorrowLet me know you love me

On our little IslandNot a soul can see usShow me how to love youTeach me how to please youLay your dreams beside meOnly stars will listenTo our sighs and whispersYou were made to love me and I was made to love youKeep your arms around meLose yourself inside meMake it last forever

I can see the IslandsShining in the distanceNow we’re getting closerKeep your arms around meLove we’re almost there

12. Can’t fi nd my way home(Steve Winwood)arr. Aaron Goldberg/Reuben Rogers

Come down off your throne and leave your body aloneSomebody must changeYou are the reason I’ve been waiting so longSomebody holds the key

Well I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the timeAnd I’m wasted and I can’t fi nd my way home

Come down on your own and leave your money at home Somebody must changeYou are the reason I’ve been waiting all these yearsSomebody holds the key

Special thanks to Aaron, Reuben, Eric, John, and Ryan.Thank you all for sharing your incredible talent and passionate musical insight.

An extra special thanks to Reuben and Aaron for their unfaltering patience with me. Thanks to Michael, Katsu and Nathan for your technical expertise.

Thanks to my colleagues on this side of the pond for helping me to prepare for this endeavor: Peter, Jürgen and Daniel. A heartfelt thanks is in order to my

beautiful family who has supported me in every way possible! And of course, to my mother who always believes in me!

A very special thanks goes to Alice who graciously offers me a home away from home whenever I am in NYC.

Your support and loving friendship allowed me to recharge both physically and emotionally, as it always has sis…

15. Winter Sweet (Kenny Wheeler) lyrics: Norma Winstonduo with Aaron Goldberg, piano

We walk in silence through the growing darkTowards the pounding of the seaAnd once again this place will make its markI know I’m where I want to beThough there’s no more sun and the birds have fl ownThey’ve gone in search of summerWe will walk the fi elds and be silent aloneFor here even the winter’s sweetThe sights and sounds of ev’ry waking hourThe smell of wood smoke on the airAnd like the beauty of a winter’s fl owerThat sweet surprise each time its thereAnd I am standing here with youOut in the winter’s rain that sweeps across the skyAnd blinds my eyes and fi lls my mindWith wind blown magicMagic

For a very special young man who continues

to enrich the lives of many,

great and small.

14.Whispers with the wind (Stephanie K.)arr: Aaron GoldbergJohn Ellis, soprano saxophone

On the edge of fear and desperationI know a boyTo the brink of sheer exasperationHe’s not being coyHis lips are moving fast Though there’s no one else in sightStrangers are known to ask Do you think that boy’s alrightHe’s just the boyWho whispers with the wind

Gotta heart that´s brimming with compassionBut he´s misunderstoodSo many things I know that he would tell meIf only he couldI’ve seen that look beforeAnd I know he’s far awayWish I could go with himMaybe he will lead some dayHe’s just the boy Who whispers with the wind

Where does he go? When the wind whispers tooI need to know. Is there nothing that I can do?

Lives his life in total concentrationAlways a planDemanding things that seem without relationI don’t understandBut I’ve learned so much from him And his novel point of viewAnd if you look close enoughYeah I know you’ll see it tooHe’s just the boy He’s just the boyHe’s just the boy

He’s just my boy