Over the past several years my husband , French guitarist Serge Merlaud and I have been regularly performing in Europe and deepening a collaboration with the great French musical team Charlier/Sourisse. For over 30 years master drummer Andre Charlier and Keyboard virtuoso Benoit Sourisse have recorded and toured in various small groups as well as with their Multiquarium Bigband. They’ve collaborated with countless Jazz masters including Kenny Garrett, Randy Brecker, and Bireli Lagrene. We were honored to join this company.
Serge’s and my pairing with Charlier/Sourisse at a moment when we were exploring more deeply the music of Brazil turned out to be a profound blessing. Recording Brazilian standards by Jobim, Djavan and Guinga, with musicians so deeply rooted in these grooves felt like kismet. The feel of Serge’s arrangements of Flor de Lis (with Benoit whistling!) and a Brazilian 4/4 Bluesette never felt so good to me. Even the Bossa of Que Rest-t-il de Nos Amours had a deeper vibe than I’d experienced before. Plus, everyone else in the studio could coach my first attempt to record in French.
The compositions of Charlier/Sourisse inspired in me a deeper commitment to writing lyrics. When the project began to take shape, I was committed to writing lyrics for three songs. In the end I wrote seven and added a new section of lyrics for an eighth, (Jobim’s Eu Não Existe Sem Voce) Two are new English lyrics for existing compositions, Jobim’s Modinha and Guinga’s Pra Quem Quiser Me Visitar (Play For Me). Five are for Charlier/Sourisse originals.
- Talking to the Sun – 5:51
Charlier/Sourisse/Sutton - Que reste-t-il de nos amours? – 5:04
Léo Chauliac/Charles Trenet - Modinha – 7:28
Jobim/Sutton/Vinicius de Moraes - Flor de Lis – 4:22
Djavan/Regina Werneck - Play for Me (Pra Quem Quiser Visitar) – 3:02
Guinga/Sutton - Laptop choro – 2:32
Charlier/Sourisse/Sutton - Eu não existo sem você – 5:24
Jobim/Sutton/Vinicius de MoraesSonnenberg/Sutton - Springtime, I’ll be there – 4:26
Charlier/Sourisse/Sutton - The Prince of Calais – 4:59
Charlier/Sourisse/Sutton - Bluesette – 5:57
Thielmans/Gimbel - Les étoiles de Léa – 6:34
Charlier/Sourisse/Sutton
Tierney Sutton – Vocals
André Charlier – Drums, Percussion
Benoît Sourisse – Piano, Organ, Whistle
Serge Merlaud – Guitars
Producer by:
Charlier/Sourisse
Website: tierneysutton.com
Promotion: Michael Carlson
CARLSONMICHAEL255@GMAIL.COM – (360) 598-3044
Matthew Burgess – 4 On The Floor – 4onTheFloorPro@gmail.com
