NIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!! Logged on for emails n such so.... had to stop by to say hello to my smoothhhh jazzyyyyy awesome ladyyyyyy friend Svima!!!
LOVE YOU!!!!!
Mz. Farkletush
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Good morning/afternoon Doobie!

I'm heading up there Sept. 30, I think. I fly in and out of Houston which was recently devastated by a hurricane so I should know for sure next week. But it will be close to that date FO SHO! I am still hoping for the best news from you and sending TONS of all good things your way, and Kiki is too ;-)
WEEEEEE LOVE YOUUUUU!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Hi Hilde ;-)
Beautiful as always!
xoxo

Hi Sos!

Oh!! OK! LOL!

LONG day ahead for me! WISH ME LUCK! o~: Little nervous! hehe!!

love you..
xoxoxoxox

LMAO!!! YEP! To doing all those things!! And right now I'm painting my house while cooking a gourmet meal for 20! ((~:

Great to speak with you! Today I have to do something special for our Stella as she is 2 years old! I'm thinking she would be most happy with swimming in the pool, chasing a ball (even though it's raining!) and then having a nice big steak - like HALF a cow size!! And... today it's two years that I'm living here.

Love you Svima-twin,
xoxoxoxo

Of course you can come!!!! ALWAYS! And don't worry... I have medicine for FOOD POISONING! So you should be OK!!! /~;

Thank you for the beautiful candles and Stella thanks you for the treats!!

love you!
xoxoxoxoxox

Thanks for adding some more of your BEAUTIFUL tracks Hilde! LOVE THEM!!

And... Love you!
xoxoxoxoxox

Hey Hilde,
Thanks for your comment on my photo. This was Owl's Head Light, taken from the deck of a bugeye schooner my family had chartered for a daysail up in Maine during a rare family reuion, dubbed "Dysfunctional Barnes Family Values Tour." Julie took the photo. Next time you come to Amerika, bring Egil and come up to NH and spend a few days with us. (This is actually a serious invitation, by the way.)

As always, it's a pleasure visiting your page here, with you lovely music, wonderful art and photos.

Much hugs and love,
Bill

Dear Hilde,
Thanks for your sweet words on the photo of our late, great Cleo the cat, who passed away today.
Love and hugs.
Bill

HEYYYYYYYYY! I SEE YOU!!!!!

Feeling OK??

Tried to call this morning... no answer....

love you,
xoxoxoxox

I was here... until IE crashed on me!! AAAAAHHH! GRRR! Vista and IE.... they torture me!! LOL!!

No big deal... I was so busy yesterday... and working today as well. Stella and Petey woke me up at 4 am... BRATS!

Hope all is good...
love you
b
xxoxo

Hilde,

Just dropping by to say hello;))
Have a great night.
Denis

NO! Never seen that one before!!! love it!! You're amazing! You find the BEST stuff!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxxo

YOU ROCK SISTAH!!!! AHHHHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
LOVE YOU!
MANGE, MANGE KLEMMER!!
XOXOXOXOXO
B
XOXOXOXOX

I DID!! THEY'RE FEATURED ON THE FRONT PAGE HERE!!! LMAO!!!
XOXOXOXOXOX

Hilde

That profile pic is so sweet (-:
Absolutely gorgeous

You take care.
Good night

Hugs
Denis

THANK YOU SO MUCH SOS!!! You are always so thoughtful!! I've seen those photos. They're good!

Love you... and thank you for being YOU!!
XOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXO

Thank you, Hilde! It is 6 a.m. and I can't fall back to sleep so I'm checking emails and websites! It is still dark outside, so maybe I'll try to fall back to sleep.

Love you!
Marla

How are you Hilde ?
Nice pics there.

Hope you're ok.
Denis

Hi Hilde,

Hope you had a wonderful tour. Was it in Norway or all
over Europe ?
Now with the "cold" it should go away pretty soon.
Warm weather is just around and what a relief that is (-:

Nice to see you back.
Lots of work to do and lately I was not feeling pretty good.
I guess I was bit tired. Slowly gaining my strength.

Love and hugs
Denis

Hilde thank you.
Hope you had a nice weekend (-:

Feeling much better now.

Glad to hear that you had a nice tour.
That must have been wonderful.

Love and hugs
Denis

TI TEI BACK TO YOU SWEET SOS!!!
BIG HUG FROM ME TO YOU!
LOVE YOU!
XOXOXOXO

Hi Hilde,
Thank you for your kind words and for saving me as a friend. Love your page...beautiful voice!
Warm Regards,
Ben

Ti Tei! (-;
Love you
xoxoxo

God Morgen! (Is that how you spell/say "morning"? Can't remember!)
You are too sweet! Just really pretty busy here... SPRING CLEAN UP TIME!! Spent 5 hours yesterday cleaning barn/paddock. FUN! I'm quite SORE today though! Good sore!

Talk later!
Love you
xoxoxo

Hilde thank you so much.
I give you many many big hugs too.
I really appreciate you being here.
And also for being at Bev's side.
Love you.

Denis

Nite nite Hilde
As I listened to your beautiful voice and the great piano playing.
Wonderful
D

Hilde, your comment made me smile. Isn't it funny I feel the same way about you :o) I sure dig your singing and your sexy accent. It's a double troll treat to have you as a friend both here and on Facebook! I hope that we can play music, bingo, or anything at all... in person someday. It'd be a thrill to be a member of the Hilde, Bev, Marla, Bill, music lover animal lover, living life to the limit set. Hugs to you, see you in Pixel Land.

Nice to hear it's beautiful summer like overthere.
Here too Hilde, makes me feel good.
I guess warm weather is what I need (-:

Hilde that music is so beautiful. I can't get enough of it.
Really.

Huge hugs and love to you.
x0x0x0

Hilde I would love that.
I am using google mail for this because it allows bigger file
I think 15 megabytes or is it 20 megabytes per file.
Hilde I think you have my google mail address right ?
When you have the time, it would be wonderful

Love
D

Hilde I forgot to mention that this is very rare Stan's music.
I don't think it is going to be re-issued soon


D

Love you Sos
xoxoxoxxoxo

You're page is so beautiful Sos!! ((-;
Love you
STOR KLEM!
B-Sos!
xoxoxox

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! You must be EXHAUSTED today!!!! ((-"
THANK YOU SOS!!!! I can feel the difference!!
ttyl!
Love you
xoxoxoxoxoxxo

Hei hei.
Dette hadde du ikke trodd hva?!?? Men jeg er altså på nettet sammen med min morgenkaffe.
God morgen Hildeskatt.

STORRRRRRRRRRRRRRR KLEM RIGHT BACK ATCHA SOS!!
BEAUTIFUL PROFILE PIC!
Love you
xoxoxo

I have come back to your site to hear more of your music!!! You have quite the smooth quality in both you voice and in your panio playing.It reminds me of Marla Glen [voice] she is and American but has lived over seas so long she unknown here in the states but I meet her in Paris and her soft yet intense voice is the same....way cool.....Close Enough For Love...just love it all the Quality's ........
and Thanks for the friendship way cool......
Rick

Hello Hilde,

How are you? I hope you are fine!!

Best regards!

Gérard

Hello Hilde,

I'm very happy to see that you reply to me in such a way!
I see you like my idea!!
So, I hope that you will come and sing !
I'm off today, I am painting and working on my computer to make a very special video on my Stan Getz's portrait...you will see it on this web site soon!

If you want to laught a little bit, you can see me on a vid..trying to make my first step in improvisation with my soprano sax....I need to work hard to be able to play with you!!!

Take care!

I love your songs!!!

Bye, hope to see you soon!

Gérard

I like the pics...with the frog you did..as a postcard, it is very funny...a good idea too!!

The french "bloody frog" as say english people !

Gérard

Dear Hilde,

I've got a very good news for you !
The Arts commission of Eze-Village, a very nice town between NICE and MONACO is agree to give us the opportunity to create the "TRIBUTE TO STAN GETZ " Concert in their castle !
It will take place in the Botanic Garden of this old castle and in the same time, you will have a painting exposure.

The date for the "TRIBUTE TO STAN GETZ " is : 21th august 2010.

I hope to see you for this event!

Tell me if this is possible!!!

Big hug!

gérard

Dear Hilde,

Thank you very much for your very kind mail ...it doesn't matter at all if it is late, the most important to me, is that you are in good health !
You write when you can ! Please, have a look on the two short video I was adding to the site last week to present to the artists like you where they are going to sing and play !
Glenn Zottola help me to organize that, he's a really kind person!
I am trying when I can to practice myself with my soprano saxo to play with you while you are singing!
I really like your voice and way of singing, so Jazzy !!!
Thanks for that!
By the way, try also to see my last portrait of Stan Getz, it is better than the last one...I've got many good ideas to honorate and commemorate him !
I hope Bev could come with you to this event!
Tomorrow, Andy Gravish and Mike Campagna are going to play near my home, I'm going to see them playing!
Great!

Your friend! Big hug!

Gérard

Hilde

Good morning Hilde.
I am doing fine thank you.
Always nice to hear from you.
Yeah in the past month we have been very lucky with the videos (-:
So many new surprises came up.

Hope all is going good with you.
Lots of work (-:

Hugs
x0x0x0
Denis

Helen Merril Just Friends with Stan Getz (1989)

Credits:
Stan Getz (ts) Joachim Kuhn (p) Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark (b) Daniel Humair (d) Helen Merrill (vo) Torrie Zito (p) (track 06),

Tracklist:

01 Cavatina
02 It Never Entered My Mind
03 Just Friends
04 It Don't Mean A Thing
05 Yesterdays
06 Music Makers
07 Baby Ain't I Good To You
08 It's Not Easy Being Green
09 If You Go Away

"Recognized as one of the country's great jazz singers, Helen Merrill is also one of the least known, except to aficionados. In this remarkable album from 1989, Merrill, then almost sixty years old, teams up with Stan Getz to record a stunning exhibition of improvisational jazz. Her mature voice is rich and powerful, but she retains a sweetness that allows her to be whispery, melancholy, pensive, or sexy without sounding "thin" or fragile. The timbre of Getz's sax blends perfectly with her alto to create a double-barreled melodic line, and their individual talents at improvisation lead to interpretations of immense creativity. The album is Merrill's, however, with Getz supporting but not overpowering her, remembering always that he is the talented guest on the album. The songs encompass many moods. "Cavatina," written by Cleo Laine, is soft, slow, and wonderfully romantic, and Getz's variations build on the romance. "It Never Entered My Mind" shows Merrill's control, as she almost whispers the lyrics, creating a pensive, moody ballad with fresh sounds and interpretations. By contrast, "Just Friends" is upbeat and quick, and "It Don't Mean a Thing," an Ellington song, is wild and swingy, with a terrific piano solo (Joachim Kuhn) to continue the melodic variations introduced by Getz. "Baby, Ain't I Good to You" gets the slow, sexy treatment, while Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away," so often a song of agony and passion, is introduced by Getz's solo sax and becomes quiet and melancholy here, moodier and less threatening than most other interpretations. The climax is "Yesterdays," a song so filled with improvisation that it is sometimes difficult to recognize the original melody. Merrill stays in the background here as Getz and bassist Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark go to town creating a fresh sound for this standard. Impeccable in its musical presentation and very dramatic in its originality, this album sets the standard for collaboration between two jazz stars who obviously respect each other and their medium--and it may be Merrill's best album." Mary Whipple

"This CD is wonderful. Merrill and Getz compliment each other lyrically and stylistically. Being a Getz fan over the years, I found the connection with Merrill and her voice and style a great treat. Too bad there aren't more collaborations between these two."

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/80738605/just_friends.rar.html

Hope you didn't have this one because if not here it is....Rick
Hope your feeling better <3

I just thought it would pick up your spirits some and it is just a wonderful album. I so glad to here feeling better,so cool.......;-))

Hilde as I was still looking though yet more old LP's looking for Stan stuff I found another Merrill album with Dick Katz it is quite a gem I thought you may enjoy.........;-))

Helen Merrill & Dick Katz The Feeling is Mutual 1965

Tracks

1 You're My Thrill (Clare, Gorney) 3:14
2 It Don't Mean a Thing (Mills, Ellington) 4:56
3 Here's That Rainy Day (Burke, VanHeusen) 2:38
4 Baltimore Oriole (Webster, Carmichael) 4:48
5 Don't Explain (Holiday, Herzog) 2:34
6 What Is This Thing Called Love ? (Porter) 3:38
7 The Winter of My Discontent (Berenberg, Wilder) 6:01
8 Day Dream (Latouche, Ellington, Strayhorn) 5:12
9 Deep in a Dream (DeLange, VanHeusen) 3:12

Personnel
Helen Merrill - voc
Thad Jones - crt
Dick Katz - p
Jim Hall - g
Ron Carter - b
Pete La Roca or Arnie Wise - dr

Recorded at Plaza Sounds Studios, NYC, 1965
It's a must if you like Helen Merrill..
So long @ of print, but never forgotten Rick.....'-)
Bitrate .flac, with complete artwork.

http://rapidshare.com/files/264042263/Merrill.7z
http://rapidshare.com/files/264035455/Merrill2.7z

this just some stuff I am putting on my Blog not not yet open to the public, but soon I hope..

just thought you would enjoy it once again my pleasure Rick

getting this mess over to this other mess you might like some of what's there.

come check it out and enjoy some of the best Jazz ;-)

http://oldhippierick.blogspot.com/
was kind of,or should of been in last post ...oh no...

I Hilde, I wish you a merry christmas & a very very happy new year !
Friendly,
Eddie,