Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans (born Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans on 29 April 1922, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian jazz musician. He is known for his guitar and harmonica playing, as well as his whistling skills.
Career
Thielemans started his career as a guitar player. In 1949 he joined a jam session in Paris with Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach and others. In 1949 and 1950 he participated in European tours with Benny Goodman, making his first record in Stockholm with fellow band member, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims. In 1951 he became a band member of the singer-songwriter and compatriot Bobbejaan Schoepen. (At the time, he was still performing strictly as a guitarist.)
He moved to the US in 1952 where he was a member of Charlie Parker's All-Stars and worked with Miles Davis and Dinah Washington. From 1952 to 1959 he was a member of the George Shearing Quintet, primarily playing guitar but also being featured on harmonica both in performances and on recordings. He has also played and recorded with Ella Fitzgerald, Jaco Pastorius, Stephane Grappelli, Édith Piaf, J.J. Johnson, Michael Franks, Peggy Lee, John Williams, Quincy Jones, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, The Happenings, Astrud Gilberto, Shirley Horn, Elis Regina, Joe Pass, and others.
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ALBUMS
- The Best Of released: 2012
- The Best Of released: 2012
- Aquarela do Brasil released: 2012
- European Quartet Live released: 2010
- Man Bites Harmonica! released: 2006
- One More for the Road released: 2006
- Just Friends released: 2003
- Quiet Evenings released: 2001
- Toots Tielemans & Kenny Werner released: 2001
- Bluesette released: 2001
- The Best of Toots Thielemans released: 2000
- The Very Best Of (Hard to Say Goodbye) released: 2000
- Blues pour Flirter released: 2000
- Toots! released: 1999
- Penthouse Serenade released: 1998
- Chez Toots released: 1998
- Verve Jazz Masters 59 released: 1996
- Toots Thielemans 1955-1957 released: 1995
- Collage released: 1994
- East Coast West Coast released: 1994
- Bluesette released: 1994
- The Brasil Project, Volume II released: 1993
- Red Square Blue: Jazz Impressions of Russian Composers released: 1992
- Compact Jazz: Toots Thielemans released: 1992
- For My Lady released: 1991
- Footprints released: 1990
- Affinity released: 1988
- Only Trust Your Heart released: 1988
- Ne Me Quitte Pas / Do Not Leave Me released: 1987
- Toots Thielemans/Philip Catherine and friends released: 1985
- Apple Dimple released: 1985
- When I See You released: 1981
- Live released: 1974
- The Sound: The Amazing Jean "Toots" Thielemans released: 1955
- Bringing it Together released:
- The Live Takes, Volume 1 released:
- Ne Me Quitte Pas: Live in Brussels released:
- Midnight Cowboy released:
- The Silver Collection released:
- The Sound of Toots Thielemans With the Bert Paige Orchestra released:
- Live released:
The Best Of
Released 2012- Bluesette
- Commissaris Witse
- Turks Fruit
- Circle Of Smiles, Theme From 'Baantjer'
- My Funny Valentine
- Theme From 'Summer Of 42'
- Dat Mistige Rooie Beest, From 'Turks Fruit'
- The Man In Brown, From 'Baantjer'
- Rosa Turbinata, From 'Turks Fruit'
- Theme From 'Midnight Cowboy'
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Smile
- Ben
- Imagine
- Good Morning Heartache
- Talk To Me
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Dance For Victor
The Best Of
Released 2012- Bluesette
- Commissaris Witse
- Turks Fruit
- Circle Of Smiles, Theme From 'Baantjer'
- My Funny Valentine
- Theme From 'Summer Of 42'
- Dat Mistige Rooie Beest, From 'Turks Fruit'
- The Man In Brown, From 'Baantjer'
- Rosa Turbinata, From 'Turks Fruit'
- Theme From 'Midnight Cowboy'
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Smile
- Ben
- Imagine
- Good Morning Heartache
- Talk To Me
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Dance For Victor
One More for the Road
Released 2006- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- Last Night When We Were Young
- Ill Wind
- One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
- I Wonder What Became of Me
- That Old Black Magic
- This Time the Dream's on Me
- Stormy Weather
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- Over the Rainbow
Toots Tielemans & Kenny Werner
Released 2001- Dolphin Dance
- The Dolphin
- Sinatra Medley: All the Way, My Way
- Tender Is The Night
- Legrand Medley: You Must Believe in Spring, Windmills of Your Mind, I Will Wait for You
- Smile
- Inspiration
- Sicilienne
- Windows
- Bill Evans Medley: Time Remembered, Very Early
- Autumn Leaves
- Disney Medley: When You Wish Upon a Star, Someday My Prince Will Come
- What A Wonderful World
The Best of Toots Thielemans
Released 2000- Round midnight - good evening the lonious
- The windmills of your mind - bonjour Michel
- Willow weep for me
- Corcovado
- My cherie amour
- Sunny goodge street
- Visao
- Wilsamba
- The girl from Ipanema
- Midnight cowboy
- La mamma
- The jazz waltz
- Tornado
- Yesterday
- I'll never fall in love again
- Light my fire
- Theme from Peyton Place
- Up, up and away
- Where are they now
- One morning in Rome
Penthouse Serenade
Released 1998- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
- Penthouse Serenade
- This Is Always
- Stranger in Paradise
- Isn't It Romantic
- Stairway to the Stars
- Love Remembered
- Love Walked In
- Long Ago and Far Away
- A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
- I Love You Porgy
- You Stepped Out of a Dream
- Old Friend
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Toots Thielemans 1955-1957
Released 1995- Isn't It Romantic
- East of the Sun
- Don't Blame Me
- Scotch on the Rocks
- Cocktails for Two
- I Let Song Go Out of My Heart
- Sophisticated Lady
- Don't Be That Way
- Stars Fell on Alabama
- Strutting With Some Barbecue
- Imagination
- 18th Century Ballroom
- Soul Station
- Fundamental Frequency
- On the Alamo
- Diga Diga Doo
- Skylark
- Sonny Boy
Red Square Blue: Jazz Impressions of Russian Composers
Released 1992- The Old Castle (from Pictures at an Exhibition)
- Andante (from Concerto for Coloratura, Op. 82)
- Aria (from Concerto for Coloratura, Op. 82)
- Prelude Op. 11, No. 2
- Canzona (from Symphony No. 4 in F Minor)
- Etude, Op. 8, No. 2
- Prelude Op. 9, No. 1
- The Young Prince and the Young Princess (from Scheherazade)
- Prelude Op. 11, No. 1
- Arabian Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite)
- Adagio (from Piano Concerto No. 2)
The Silver Collection
- I Do It for Your Love
- My Little Suede Shoes
- You're My Blues Machine
- Dirty Old Man
- Theme From Summer of '42
- Bluesette
- Muskrat Ramble
- The Mooche
- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
- The Gentle Rain
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Big Bossa
- Ben
- You've Got It Bad Girl
- Love Remembered
- Old Friend
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Marksville native, harmonica legend 'Little Walter' honored with birthplace marker
Guy said nobody thought much about the harmonica before Jacobs hit the blues scene in Chicago ... "Little Walter is the most influential harmonica player of all time, that includes Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans, all of them," he said ... Lt. Gov ...
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