Just in time for Christmas this wonderful piece of news arrives: New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson will indeed produce movies on the Tolkien book The Hobbit. Not only one movie but two! It will be pretty exciting to see what they can come up with to fill two movies.

Growing up The Hobbit was one of my favourite childrens books, and its very exciting to see it being presented on the big screen.  Below you find an earlier version of Bilbo.

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The Hobbit: The Official Movie Blog

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Here are some pics to get you in the proper holiday mood. The photographer had to be on constant vigilance since he can fall down at any moment. As you can see he can sit now, but he still cannot put himself in a sitting position. Other things that are happening right now is that he is trying hard to make himself understood. He has been talking for a good while now, without using any real words of course. You can tell that he knows very well the meaning of “mama” and “papa”. When we sing songs with these words in them for him you can see him smile, trying to mimic the words.

This morning I woke up by his tiny little fists hammering away at my chest while he was yelling DADADADA, a sign of affection if there ever was one.

Last week I had the good fortune to record these two true Jazz Messengers. They had just completed a group of concerts with a Christmas feel to them, and kindly agreed to share this song with you. Click on the player below to listen and stay tuned for more of Sweetest Sounds in the coming year!

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