Emily Saunders

HAPPINESS

Happiness floats on the thinnest vein,
Like flittering paper without restrain.
It seems this lightness is simply caught,
As if on grasses tall and taught.
Captured and tethered till the life falls from,
And happiness then is simply gone.

IDENTITY

Outsiders, insiders, upsiders, downsiders,
High riders, low riders, fast winders, slow winders
Expanding from cavities, contained within a space

Questionable humanity
Pre-contained sanity
False identity
Insecurities
Clinically formulated
Socially accentuated
. . . . . . . identity

METRONOMIC

The bigger picture of a world outside,
The insular land of a soul that had died;
Where dreams were trapped, where the future was caught
Trapped in the hands of a man who sought.
He sought to control, he sought to find
my sanctuary, my peace of mind,
But drained am I; no breath, no air,
Just left with a dream of a life out there

SERENDIPITY

Serendipity; opposites compiled,
Caught within elongated miles
Opposing opposites, tautologies true
Linguistic rules but our lives prove
To break all reason; for human minds
Continually battle within natures confines;
The rules of logic, of infinite reason
Trapped within humanistic confusion

WISHING WELL

Open thoughts, dream to tell
Future days, in a wishing well
For saddness calls inside my soul
I do recall the love I spoil over you

I stand amidst the morning rain
Within me sits the deepest pain
I only know inside my soul
I do recall the love I spoil over you

I vanish down the wishing well
caught within the spiral spell
I only know inside my soul
I still recall the love I spoil over you

INVISIBLE MAN

The invisible man with invisible ways
lies clothed and hidden on a summers day
Passers by, as the sun streams down,
avert their eyes, no queries 'bound
It's thought he sleeps, though he lies face down
No breath is breathed, no life is found
The invisible man with invisible ways
lies clothed and hidden on a summers day

TEARS OF THE WORLD

The tears of the world poured mercilessly down
'pon the cosy little house where hearts never frowned.
The walls were thought strong, the roof not too weak
But the rain seeped in, the rooms then did leak;
The hearts filled up sodden and down
With twisted tears there only bitter words found

MY SHOE

Temporarily residing on the sole of my shoe,
Looking for rainbows while walking in poo

REFLECTIONS

Reflections appear reality
Distortions masked as sanity
Destruction bears the naked light
Natures fight to fill the space in life

IN THE NIGHT

Warm in the night, sweet dreams to fight
Nights whispered call, minds eye where i fall.
Warm summer days lie with you in the haze
‘till the sun lights the dawn and the moon dreams are torn,
Warm in the night, sweet dreams to fight

THE STILLNESS OF MY MIND

Always bound to look for, a sanctuary to find
The stillness of ones soul, one may quietly resign
The only place to look for, the goal I seek to find
With freedom to be silent, the stillness of my mind

YOUR JUMPER

I will sleep in your jumper tonight my love,
I will sleep in your jumper tonight
Till the sun lights the dawn and a new day is born,
I will sleep in your jumper tonight

NANA

Silently I see the memories that you trace;
Your dream, your days, your beauty
Floating back the past is nearer than today;
Your dream, your days, your beauty
Circles call we see the mind we've had,
Recall, we fall this way
Silently I see you dream another day,
Recall, you fall, fall, fall

THE VOICE

Freedom, as the clothes fall from me
Lightness as I move around
An' as my bones pertrude from me
With skeletal forms to be found:
The truths nakedness, though fully clothed:
Starvation's choice abounds
For the fragile voice is shouting clearly
Of rights to be, of space, though limited... all around

Emily Saunders:Emily has a unique, sensual voice, enriched by an innovative instrumental approach to sound and improvisation.

Her intepretations and compositions are both individual and ethereal: Her songs are textures that create a soundscape of colours which draw her audience into another land. (more...)

Emily is currently working on her CD release, 'Flying Fish'

“Saunders is not your straight jazz ballad singer, and she loves to bend and twist the lyrics and enfuse them with her own energetic scat singing” (Phill Dennett, Mid Sussex Times)

“..her musicianship is of an unusually high calibre” (Tim Whitehead.)

Photograph by Peter Symes http://www.petersymesimages.co.uk/

info@emilysaunders.co.uk Emily's myspace page

ESB: six piece band of brass, voice, rhythm - an explosive lineup of two trumpets: Byron Wallen and Nick Walters; Bruno Heinen, piano/keyboard; Larry Bartley, Bass; Jon Scott, Drums. Chillout originals, alongside choice tunes from Lee Morgan, Hermoto Pascoal and Airto Moriera

Mixing (live) - a tune by Airto Moriera
Wishing Well (studio rough mix) - an Emily Saunders original

"Flying Fish" the new album by ESB, will be released in 2010.

Cloud Nine: seven piece band of voice, electronics, brass, rhythm. Chillout originals and fresh interpretations. A vibe like the Cinematic Orchestra, with live beats and improvisation.

Jazz and Big Band: Emily performs with some of London's top jazz musicians in jazz duos and ensembles at various venues, jazz clubs, festivals, corporate functions and events. She is also a member of the "Way Out West" jazz collective which consists of many renowned musicians, with whom she works regularly.

Naima
Mixing (live)
Celeste
Afro Blue
When I fall in love
Angel Eyes

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Dreams: a collection of standards recorded between 2003 and 2005.

1. Naima (7' 54")

By John Coltrane.
Words by Emily Saunders.
(Recorded 2005).
2. Dream (7' 54")

Words and music by Emily Saunders.
(Recorded 2006).
3. Afro Blue (5' 18")

"Afro Blue", composed by Mongo Santamaría.
(Recorded 2005).
4. Celeste (4' 39")

Celeste, a song by Ralph Towner, with words by Norma Winstone.
(Recorded 2003).
5. My Funny Valentine (8' 21")

"My Funny Valentine" - originally a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms, now an established part of the jazz repetoire.
(Recorded 2003).
6. Angel Eyes (5' 09")

"Angel Eyes" is a 1953 song composed by Matt Dennis (with lyrics by Earl Brent) for the 1953 film, "Jennifer".
(Recorded 2003).
7. When I fall in love (6' 56")

Written by Victor Young (with words by Edward Heyman), it first featured in the film One Minute to Zero; the original hit version was by Doris Day.
(Recorded 2003).

Flying Fish: An album by ESB, to be released in 2010

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