Toots Thielemans

Me:nu Du Jour August 17 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Mary J. Blige, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Go-Betweens, Nat King Cole, Fourplay, Esperanza Spalding, Brian Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Tom Waits We Celebrate Belinda...

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Billy Joel releases ‘An Innocent Man,’ his ninth album featuring ‘Tell Her About It’ and ‘Uptown Girl’ (1983)

Billy Joel's 'An Innocent Man' feat. 'Uptown Girl' is his ninth studio album released on August 8, 1983 by Family Productions/Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Easy Money (Billy Joel) - 04:04...

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A&M / CTI release Quincy Jones’ ‘Walking in Space’ featuring ‘Killer Joe’ (1969)

Quincy Jones' 'Walking in Space' feat. 'Killer Joe' is a studio album recorded on June 18 & 19, 1969 and released in 1969 by A&M/Cti..Track Listing : 1.Dead End (Galt...

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Me:nu Du Jour June 14 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Toni Braxton, Santana, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Guy, Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Chicago, Foo Fighters, Chet Baker, Jamiroquai We Celebrate...

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Milt Jackson, Benny Golson et al play at Jazzbaltica (1997)

June 14, 1997 - Milt Jackson (vb), Benny Golson (ts), Art Farmer (tp), Ulf Wakenius (g), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b), Jonas Johansen (d), Kenny Kirkland (p), Toots Thielemans (harm) and...

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Me:nu Du Jour Apr.29 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Eurythmics, Temptations, Funkadelic, Drake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Divine Comedy, Snarky Puppy, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Toots Thielemans, Bill Frisell, Wayne Shorter...

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We remember Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen. ‘AKA NHØP’

This day (April 19, 2005), in Copenhagen, Denmark, died Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, a Danish jazz bassist.Tracklist : 1 . Gustav Csík Trió – Tribute to Great Niels Pedersen (1990) 2...

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Me:nu Du Jour Apr.4 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Lou Reed, Eric Burdon, War, Cassandra Wilson, Toots Thielemans, Joshua Redman, R.L. Burnside We Celebrate Jill Scott, Michel Camilo, Lemar, Muddy Waters, Gary Moore,...

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Happy Birthday Quincy Jones. ‘Today is ‘Super Q’s Day”

This day (March 14, 1933), in Seattle, Washington, is born Quincy Delightt Jones a.k.a. Quincy Jones, an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, ..Tracklist : 1 . w/ Big...

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Quincy Jones releases ‘The Dude’ featuring ‘Ai No Corrida’ and James Ingram (1981)

Quincy Jones' 'The Dude' is a studio album featuring James Ingram's debut and released in March 1981 by A&M.Track Listing : 1.Ai No Corrida (Chaz Jankel, Kenny Young) - 01:43...

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Me:nu Du Jour February 5 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Sade, Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, Bryan Ferry, Cream, Bee Gees, Lenny Kravitz, Nick Cave, Wayne Shorter We Celebrate Al Kooper, Bobby Brown, Kevin Gates...

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We remember Peggy Lee. ‘Feverish’

This day (January 21, 2002), in Los Angeles, California, died Norma Deloris Egstrom a.k.a. Peggy Lee, an American jazz and popular music singer.Tracklist : 1 . Is That All There...

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Jimmy Smith records ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ a studio album with a big band for Verve (1964)

Jimmy Smith's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is a studio album recorded on January 20-21 & 27, 1964 with a big band and released in March by Verve.Track Listing :...

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Warner Bros. publish Jaco Pastorius’ third album : ‘Invitation’ recorded with his Word of Mouth big band (1983)

Jaco Pastorius 'Invitation' is his third album recorded with his Word of Mouth big band and released in December 1983 by Warner Bros.Track Listing : 1.Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) - 06:57...

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Me:nu Du Jour December 30 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, Toots Thielemans, Chet Baker, Throbbing Gristle We Celebrate Jay Kay, Jamiroquai, Patti Smith We...

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Jaco Pastorius takes the Word of Mouth Big Band to ‘Aurex Jazz Festival 1982’

During the first week of September 1982, Jaco Pastorius, the Word of Mouth Big Band and a couple of special guests such as Toots Thielemans took part in the "Aurex...

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‘Duetos Brasileiros’ gathers 22 major Brazilian (and one Belgian) artists performing (you guessed it!) a duet.

Starting and ending with a contribution by Gal Costa - whose birthday is today, "Duetos Brasileiros" gathers 22 major Brazilian (and one Belgian) artists performing (you guessed it!) a duet.Gal...

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Me:nu Du Jour – April 4, 2016

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOL[TOD:AY] We Celebrate Hugh Masekela, Jill Scott, Michel Camilo . We Listen To Toots Thielemans, Joshua Redman, R.L. Burnside, Cassandra Wilson . We Watch Thelonious Monk, Pete Allen,...

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Serenading The Ladies

From 'While My Lady Sleeps' to 'Oh. Lady Be Good!', we have mixed 17 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Men singing their Ladies'. It has Les Hooper, Charlie Barnet,...

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Sing C’est La Vie

From 'Singin' the Blues' to 'Crickets Sing for Ana Maria', we have mixed 18 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Singing and Singers'. It has Al Jolson, The New Seekers,...

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