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Helen Gillet: "You Found Me"
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Cellist and singer Helen Gillet mixes her classical training, New Orleans-based jazz roots and free improvisational skills to perform her own eclectic music. In a powerful, melodious performance, she plays her song "You Found Me."
Helen Gillet - Cellist
Jazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet performs her own eclectic mix of French, contemporary jazz, North Indian, blues and classical styles. Full bio
Jazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet performs her own eclectic mix of French, contemporary jazz, North Indian, blues and classical styles. Full bio
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You found me,
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you found me
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under a pile of broken memories
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with your steady,
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steady love.
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You rocked me,
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you rocked me,
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you rocked me all through the night
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with your steady,
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steady love.
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(Cello music continues)
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(Taps rhythmically)
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You found me,
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you found me
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under a pile of broken memories
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with your steady,
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your steady,
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steady love.
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And you rocked me,
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you rocked me,
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you rocked me all through the night
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with your steady,
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steady, steady love.
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(Music ends)
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(Applause)
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Thank you.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Gillet - CellistJazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet performs her own eclectic mix of French, contemporary jazz, North Indian, blues and classical styles.
Why you should listen
With a classical musical education, Helen Gillet's training as an improviser began with North Indian Hindustani vocal ragas in 1998, which launched her into the worlds of free improvisation, jazz, funk, rock and French chansons. She has performed with Cassandra Wilson, Kid Koala, Smokey Robinson, Arcade Fire and more.
Gillet wrote and performed the music for the documentaries Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond and Living with Water, for the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere on Jackson Square.
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