JULY 2009 BIRTHDAYS ANDRE RIEU FANS
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDRE RIEU FANS & FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD | |
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| JULY 2 | FRANCES |
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| JULY 2 | MARILYN BAS WHITTINGTON |
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| JULY 3 | MIREILLE BREPOLS - JSO |
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| JULY 3 | HEATHER ROBERTSON |
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| JULY 4 | JUDITH |
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| JULY 9 | ADRIANA |
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| JULY 10 | KERRYN POKE |
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| JULY 11 | JERRY STOVER |
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| JULY 11 | LINDA STINNER |
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| JULY 20 | FREDERIC JENNIGES - JSO |
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| JULY 22 | ARTHUR CORDEWENER - JSO |
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| JULY 25 | SHIRLEY HARPER |
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| JULY 30 | TRUDY |
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| JULY 30 | ELIZABETH |
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| JULY 30 | MARIE POPE |
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Tell us when your birthday is, so we can send you wishes on your special day! | |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARILYN ! MAY THIS BE THE HAPPIEST ONE YET, FOLLOWED BY MANY MANY MORE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANCES! MAY YOUR DAY BE GREAT!
Re the birthday Book.
I'm too late for this year as I was not aware that it was open for all of Andre's Fans.
As an Australian fan since 2002 i'd like to be included on the list.
I was born in Kalgoorlie W.A on 30th May 1935, and have enjoyed Andre's music since the first Video ( in Black and white !! with only five members in the orchestrer.
Happy Belated Birthday Anne from all of us! We will put you on the list!! Thanks for telling us.
Hi Sally, my birthday is 9th july. Can you add in your list?
Thanks
Adriana - Blumenau/Brazil
Thanks Adriana, we will add you to the list. Watch for the greetings!
My birthday is 22 of august.
My birthday is 18 of february. Dear Sally, can you add in your list to 2010?
Thanks e Kisses!
Miriam - Belo Horizonte/BRAZIL
Yes Dear Miriam. We will all be certain to remember you.
Wishing Frances and Marilyn a Joyous, July 2nd Birthday. May your entire day be filled with much happiness, as you listen to Andre's music which is always filled with plenty of 'happiness' and 'love', as you waltz the entire day
celebrating with Birthday cakes and special treats as family and friends gather to extend happy wishes on this, your special day. Sending you both lots of good wishes, lots of smiles and hugs
and again, lots of HAPPINESS & HEALTH!!!
A Very Happy Birthday wish to Frances!!
I hope you have a wonderful day with lots of fun and happiness!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARILYN!!
Many wishes for a Fantastic day!
I hope your day is happy and full of beautiful music,
lots of family and friends and
I hope you receive everything your beautiful heart desires!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANCES
Enjoy your day. wishing you the best birthday ever.
Birthday Greetings Marilyn
As you blow out your candles make a BIG wish. I wish for you good friends, good times & forever happy days.
I hope today is memorable & filled with music, Andre & the JSO kind of music
Thank you for being such a positive & steady contributor to this website, your comments are always informative & interesting.
Hopefully, we can meet one of these days.
Here is a little eye candy, just for you....taken 23 June 2009 here in Phoenix Arizona. This is a brand new photo that I've not added anywhere on this website, until just now.
HAVE FUN ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY!
Happy Birthday Marilyn!!. I hope you have many more happy days to come. Enjoy your day. Hugs
Happy Happy Birthday Frances. I hope you have a great day with many more happy days to come. Hugs
WHAT A CELEBRATION!
ENJOY IT!
Happy Birthday to you Mireille Brepols of the JSO!!
I send you best wishes for a fantastic day
filled with happiness, family and friends!
May your day be a beautiful as you make us feel, with your beautiful music!!!
Happy Birthday Heather!
Have a great day!! May this new year be everything that makes you happy!
Happy Birthday Heather
I'm wishing you a day filled with beauty
Let's hear a drum roll for Mireille!
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday little drummer girl
Happy Birthday to you.
Remembering:
July 3, 1878—American song composer George M. Cohan, in Providence, R.I.; He mistakenly believed he was "born on the Fourth of July" as his popular song "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" states; In 1978 the centennial of his birth was honored with a U.S. postage stamp issued on this date .
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIREILLE
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS WONDERFUL & SPECIAL !
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER!!!
MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND LOVE.
Happy Birthday Heather, may you have many more happy days.
Happy Birthday to you Judith, our firecracker friend, born on the 4th of July. Have a beautiful day for both celebrations. Check your email. Hugs to both of you girls.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDITH!!
You bring so much happiness and laughter to everyone here,I wish the same to you on your day!
You are a special lady, and I hope this day is very special for YOU!
May you receive everything your heart desires,
and may it be filled with lots of André’s beautiful music!
Hey Ms Judith
Happy Birthday to you
Miss Red, White, and Blue
Hope your day's filled with sparkles
And laughter and fun.
Remember, you're not getting older
you're just getting better.
Happy Birthday, MIREILLE
I hope today is memorable.
Thanks for adding to my concert enjoyment here in Phoenix Arizona on 23 June 2009.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Anthony C. McAuliffe
Jul. 3, 1898 - Aug. 11, 1975
He was commander of division artillery of the 101st Airborne Division when he parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and when he entered Holland by glider in 1944. In December 1944, due to the absence of General Maxwell D. Taylor, he was acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division and other attached troops during the siege of Bastogne, Belgium. When they became surrounded and the Germans demanded their surrender, he sent back a one-word reply "NUTS". This is
probably the most famous quote of World War II.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDITH!!!
MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH
FRIENDS, FUN AND MUSIC!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIANA !!
BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL DAY !
Happy Birthday Adriana
Wishing you a wonderful day.
Celebrate and enjoy.
Happy Birthday Adriana!!
I hope you have a beautiful day!! Have a great time.
Hi to all,
Many thanks for my birthday wishes. I did have a very happy birthday. Thankyou once again,.
Frances
Thank you so much my friends!
It's wonderful to have such good friends as you.
Love
Adriana/Blumenau-Brazil
Happy Birthday Kerryn
Wishing you a beautiful day.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY KERRYN
Happy Birthday Kerryn!!
Many wishes for a fun and happy day!!
Happy Happy Birthday Adriana. I hope your day was wonderful and that you will have many many more. Big hugs to you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY!!
I hope you have a fantastic day that
makes you very happy!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA!!!
I wish you a very happy day filled with all your hearts desire!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY STOVER
not only for your birthday but for your
service in the military.
A huge Happy Birthday to Jerry Stover. I hope you have many more wonderful days to come. Thank you for your service to our country! Big Hug
Happy Birthday to Linda Stinner. I hope you have a wonderful day full of love and music and a great big cake! Big Hugs
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA STINNER
Remembering you wherever you are, I 'm sending warm wishes for a happy day.
Happy Birthday Jerry Stover ! May Many More Come Your Way
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA STINNER
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDERIC
I wish for you many more birthdays,
Happiness always.
1962 album was
called "Jazz Impression of Black Orpheus", and "Samba de
Orpheus" was the first selection released as a single.
Combing the album for a suitable B-side number, Guaraldi's
producers finally ghettoized a modest original composition
titled "Cast Your Fate to the Wind".
Fortunately, some enterprising Sacramento, California DJs turned the single over...
...and the rest is history.
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" became a Gold Record winner and earned the 1963 Grammy as Best Instrumental Jazz Composition. It was constantly demanded during Guaraldi's club engagements, and suddenly jazz fans couldn't get enough of him. He responded with several albums during 1963 and '64, perhaps the most important of which was "Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete, and Friends", with Fred Marshall (bass), Jerry Granelli (drums) and Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete. That marked the first of several collaborations with Sete, a musical collaboration whose whole was greater than the sum of its already quite talented parts.
Guaraldi was also a recognized fixture on television, if only in the greater San Francisco region. He and jazz critic Ralph Gleason documented the success of"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in the three-part "Anatomy of a Hit", produced for San Francisco's KQED; later, shortly after his first album with Sete, Guaraldi did a "Jazz Casual" TV show for the same network
The most prestigious task, however, was yet to come. Even before Duke Ellington played San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, that venerable institution's Reverend Charles Gompertz selected Guaraldi to write a modern jazz setting for the choral Eucharist. The composer labored18 months with his trio and a 68-voice choir, and the result is an impressive blend of Latin influences, waltz tempos, and traditional jazz "supper music". It was performed live on May 21, 1965, and the album became another popular and critical hit. Clearly, if Vince Guaraldi could write music for God, he could pen tunes for Charlie Brown.
The jazz pianist's association with Charles Schulz's creations actually had begun the year before, when Guaraldi was hired to score the first Peanuts television special, adocumentary called"A Boy Named Charlie Brown " (not to be confused with the big- screen feature of the same title). The show brought together four remarkable talents:
Wow that is interesting. I've always wished I could play like that music. It is so poppy, catchy.
Guaraldi's smooth trio compositions -- piano, bass and drums -- perfectly balanced Charlie Brown's kid-sized universe. Sprightly, puckish, and just as swiftly somber and poignant, these gentle jazz riffs established musical trademarks which, to this day, still prompt smiles of recognition.
They reflected the whimsical personality of a man affectionately known as a "pixie", an image Guaraldi did not discourage. He'd wear funny hats, wild mustaches, and display
hairstyles from buzzed crewcuts to rock-star shags.
Unfortunately, with an irony that seemed appropriate for a documentary about Charlie Brown, Mendelson never was able to sell the show, which remains unseen to this day by the general public. Fortunately, the unaired program became an expensive calling-card that attracted a sponsor (Coca-Cola) intrigued by the notion of a Peanuts Christmas TV special. Thus, when "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debuted in December 1965, it did more than reunite Schulz, Mendelson, Melendez and Guaraldi, all of whom quickly turned the Peanuts franchise into a television institution. That first special also shot Guaraldi to greater fame, and he became irreplaceably welded to all subsequent Peanuts shows. Many of his earliest Peanuts tunes -- "Linus and Lucy", "Red Baron" and "Great Pumpkin Waltz", among others -- became signature themes that turned up in later specials.
Guaraldi became so busy that the ensuing decade saw only half a dozen album releases, three of them direct results of his Peanuts work: "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Oh, Good Grief!" At some point between his switch from the Fantasy label to Warner Brothers, Guaraldi took the time to produce and direct an album that has become quite obscure: 1968's "Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus", released on his own D&D label. This was followed by two Warners releases: "The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi", which marks Guaraldi's recorded vocal debut; and "Alma-Ville", which showcases a Guaraldi guitar solo on one cut. On February 6, 1976, while waiting in a motel room between sets at Menlo Park's Butterfield's nightclub, Guaraldi died of a sudden heart-attack. He was only 47 years old.
A few weeks later, on March 16, "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown" debuted on television. It was the 15th, and last, Peanuts television special to boast Guaraldi's original music. He had just finished recording his portion of the soundtrack on the very afternoon of the day he died.
Time ... passed.
Those who followed in Guaraldi's Peanuts-themed footsteps -- Ed Bogas, Desiree Goyette, Judy Munsen and others -- found the shoes impossible to fill. Not one produced a song or theme anywhere near as catchy as the Master, and several of the specials from the late 1970s and '80s consequently lacked a certain zip.
A whopping three decades later, no doubt responding to unceasing pleas from fans
Time ... passed.
Those who followed in Guaraldi's Peanuts-themed footsteps -- Ed Bogas, Desiree Goyette, Judy Munsen and others -- found the shoes impossible to fill. Not one produced a song or theme anywhere near as catchy as the Master, and several of the specials from the late 1970s and '80s consequently lacked a certain zip.
A whopping three decades later, no doubt responding to unceasing pleas from fans who had played Guaraldi's three Peanuts albums to death -- and wondered what had become of the themes and background music in all those other television specials -- Fantasy released 1998's "Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits". The CD included nine previously unissued tracks, from the theme to "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" to a vocal rendition of "Oh, Good Grief", performed by Lee Mendelson's son's sixth-grade class.Four years later, in the summer of 2003, Vince Guaraldi's son, David, teamed up with Bluebird Records to release "The Charlie Brown Suite". The centerpiece selection, long spoken of in reverential tones by fans who only knew of it but never had heard it, is the fully orchestrated "Charlie Brown Suite", recorded live on May 18, 1969, during a benefit performance with Amici Della Musica (Richard Williams, conductor) at Mr. D's, a theater/restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach region. This awesome piece of music clocks in at roughly 40 minutes and skillfully weaves half a dozen songs into an integrated whole: "Linus and Lucy", "The Great Pumpkin Waltz", "Peppermint Patty", "Oh, Good Grief", "Rain, Rain, Go Away" and "Red Baron".
Encouraged by the enthusiastic response to this new compilation of his father's previously unreleased recordings, David Guaraldi has big plans for the upcoming years ... and this Web site is the place to get up-to-the-minute information.
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I don't think I'm a great piano player", Vince Guaraldi once said, "but I would like to have people like me, to play pretty tunes and reach the audience. And I hope some of those tunes will become standards. I want to write standards, not just hits".
He got his wish.
Windham Hill recording artist George Winston has been playing "Linus and Lucy" for years, during his concert appearances. A promise to record it and other Guaraldi cuts finally bore fruit in the autumn of 1996, with the release of Winston's "Linus & Lucy: TheMusic of Vince Guaraldi".
"Linus and Lucy" also has been interpreted by Wynton Marsalis, Dave Brubeck and David Benoit; the latter has become Guaraldi's ongoing torch-bearer in the most recent
Peanuts animated TV specials. GRP Records had a smash hit back in 1990, with their soundtrack to the television special "Happy Anniversary Charlie Brown", which gathered numerous jazz luminaries for their interpretations of classic Guaraldi compositions, along with some new cuts clearly inspired by Dr. Funk's Peanuts themes.
"Christmas Time is Here" has become a seasonal fixture, and pretty much everybody of consequence has covere
"Christmas Time is Here" has become a seasonal fixture, and pretty much everybody of consequence has covered "Cast Your Fate to the Wind".
Let's fade with the words of Jon Hendricks, poet laureate of jazz, who once wrote:
"Vince is what you call a piano player. That's different from a pianist. A pianist can play anything you can put in front of him.
"A piano player can play anything BEFORE you can put it in front of him".
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDERIC JENNIGES!!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, AND I HOPE IT'S AS HAPPY AS YOU ARE ENJOYABLE!
May this new year ahead of you be fantastic in every way.
Happy Birthday Frederic Jenniges
Your Third Man theme is one of my favorites.
And so are you.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDERIC !
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC AND HAPPINESS! I WISH ALL THE HAPPINESS YOU BRING IS RETURNED TO YOU TENFOLD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTHUR CORDEWENER
Best wishes to you and may you always have a big
basketful of perfect reeds.
Happy Birthday to you Arthur. Thank you so much for all the beautiful music you give us. May you have many more happy days.
Happy Birthday, Arthur
I hope today is memorable. I sure enjoyed seeing & hearing you again here in Phoenix, AZ on 23 June 2009.
And I got a couple of good photos of you . Just click on the link at the top (Bill in Arizona)of this reply to go see photos of you & other JSO members
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTHUR CORDEWENER!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW, MAY IT BE FILLED WITH HAPPINESS!
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL MUSIC YOU GIVE US.
MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE FILLED WITH EVERYTHING GOOD.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
BIRTHDAY ARTHUR CORDEWENER!!
Happy Birthday Shirley Harper
Remember, we "butterflies" don't count months,
we count memories.
So make this a memorable birthday.
I wish you fun, food & friendship.
Happy Birthday Shirley Harper!
Have a wonderful day filled with
lots of happiness!
I hope you receive everything your heart desires.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIRLEY HARPER
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON OF MOZART!
Franz Xaver Mozart
Composer and pianist. He worked under the name W. A. Mozart Sohn ("son of W.A. Mozart").
Thank you for all the beautiful music.
You've made the world a better place because of your music.
Happy Birthday Greetings to
Marie, &Trudy, & Elizabeth
I wish you all a lovely day.
We have three birthdays in one day! I'm a little late,
but still on time!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRUDY!! I send you best wishes for a wonderful day! I hope you have a beautiful day and I hope your next year will be special in every way!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIZABETH!!
SPECIAL WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL DAY! I HOPE YOU RECEIVED EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE POPE!!
May your day be everything you wish it to be, and may you receive everything you ever wished for!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRUDY
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR
MARIE POPE !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIZABETH
