Artie Shaw and his Orchestra : Deep In A Dream

Album:  Deep in a Dream

Style: Fox Trot / Jazz

Date Recorded: November 17, 1938

Composer: James Van Heusen

Lyricist: Eddie De Lange

Instrumentation: Clarinet, 4 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, guitar, piano, string bass, and traps

Charted: ‘Deep in a Dream’ charted on Billboard in 1938 and ranked as high as #3

Wikipedia: Deep in a Dream

Name: Helen Forrest

I dim all the lights and I sink in my chair.
The smoke from my cigarette climbs through the air.
The walls of my room fade away in the blue,
And I’m deep in a dream of you.
The smoke makes a stairway for you to descend;
You come to my arms, may this bliss never end,
For we love anew just as we used to do
When I’m deep in a dream of you.
Then from the ceiling
Sweet music comes stealing;
We glide through a lover’s refrain.
You’re so appealing
That I’m soon revealing
My love for you over again.
My cigarette burns me, I wake with a start;
My hand isn’t hurt, but there’s pain in my heart.
Awake or asleep, every memory I’ll keep
Deep in a dream of you.

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra

• Artie Shaw (director, clarinet)
• George Arus (instrumentalist : trombone)
• Al Avola (instrumentalist : guitar)
• Johnny Best (instrumentalist : trumpet)
• Claude Bowen (instrumentalist : trumpet)
• Russell Brown (instrumentalist : trombone)
• Les Burness (instrumentalist : piano)
• Cliff Leeman (instrumentalist : traps)
• Tony Pastor (instrumentalist : saxophone)
• Ronnie Perry (instrumentalist : saxophone)
• Chuck Peterson (instrumentalist : trumpet)
• Les Robinson (instrumentalist : saxophone)
• Harry Rodgers (instrumentalist : trombone)
• Sid Weiss (instrumentalist : string bass)
• Hank Freeman (instrumentalist : saxophone)

Label: Bluebird