Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Dear CLARK,It s way too long that I saw and heard from you.Your Dutch buddy from Amsterdam, who had so many wonderfull ewtvesnith you and such a wonderful time with you , tried to call you, connect with you when I was in the States every year but unfortunatedly without any succes.When Robert Philipssom called me and when I spoke with himat some concerts, he gave me your address and email address and phone nr but whatever I tried,( telephone-email ) I could not get in touch with you what my heart broke,because we always were and always will be so close with each other.You have done so much for me when I started the Jazz Inn Party's in Noordwijk in Holland, about which Party's evrybody still talks as one of the big institutes in Jazz because of the style, music, friendships ,but most of all the PEOPLE, and YOU were one of the most beloved ones of them all.Later you came over to my DRUM Jazz festivals in Amsterdam where you played in all the beautifull Hotels and the main stages of Amsterdam as the middle point of all your musicall friends.Later you played in enough concerts tah I organized and where i NEVER got any negative answer from you And after that I remembered the unforgettable evenings in Bern,in the South of France where we dinnered at the beach after the concerts in Juan-les_Pins and the wonderful time I always spent with you in New York during my NY trips where we saw each other all the years that I was there, at your house, with all the nice dinners and lunches we had together ..I asked many times about your weak health yo all your friends when I saw them like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cedar Walton,Jimmy Heath, Lewis Nash.John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Randy Brecker, and last time to Lew Soloff and the late Hank Jones ,and Benny Powell ,Slide Hampton etc ..ans I always asked to greet you with all my heart, as you have been so important as a human being and so nice in helping me with the artists like Sassy,J J Johnson, Oscar Peterson etc .it is all too much too recall.My dearest Clark, I wish you from the bottom of my heart, many many good and especially healthy years to come with your lovely Gwenn and please send me your direct email address so that I can send you some nice pictures from us in Amsterdam.Have a wonderfull birthday and stay alive for another 90 years!!!!!!!!Your friend for everHans LoonstijnAmsterdam
