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A Brief Biographical Resume.
When Hilde Hefte released her first solo album in 1999 Down Beat wrote: "She’s making waves on the Norwegian scene”.
Hilde Hefte is not a beginner. She has studied music at the highly respected Barratt-Dues Music Intitute with piano as her main instrument. She has also been playing guitar, alto saxophone and Bb clarinet. And she has studied acting at Nordic Institute for Scene and Studio. For one periode she was teacher at Vest-Agder Music Conservatorium.
She has written lyrics and composed music for her own productions as well as for other musicians and singers, has composed and arranged music for theatre productions.
Hilde is what they call the musicians musician and known as one of the leading jazz vocalists in Norway.
She’s released 5 solo albums to fantastic reviews.
Her first CD was a tribute to Chet Baker, "'Round Chet's Midnight", and it was named the album of the year in Norway’s largest jazz-magazine Jazznytt. Her second CD was a tribute to the fantastic pianist Bill Evans, "Playsong - the music of Bill Evans", and as well as her first CD, this became the album of the year in Norway.
Hildes bossaHefte is her 3rd CD and is a tribute to the great Brazilian music style Bossa Nova, and the great bossa composers. The reviews have been wonderful – all newspapers in Norway gave this album dice-trow 5 and 6. This is her only album in her own language.
Then she recorded what she called her memory album “On The Corner” before she went to Prague and recorded her latest album together with her band and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra “AN EVENING IN PRAGUE”.
This CD has been given some outstanding reviews in newspapers, magazines and on NRK (Norwegian Radio Broadcasting) TV and radio.
Her band is the leading jazz musicians and composers in Norway and Sweden with:
Egil Kapstad piano (NO), Bjørn Alterhaug double bass (NO), Eyvind Wahlen drums (NO),
Nisse Sandström tenor sax (SE), Jan Allan trumpet (SE).
For her work Hilde Hefte has received various grant and prizes.
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was kind of,or should of been in last post ...oh no...
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 ;-)
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..
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
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
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Denis
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
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
The french "bloody frog" as say english people !
Gérard
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