We remember Toots Thielemans. ‘Toots, 94, Une (dernière) Fois’

This day (August 22, 2016), in Brussels, Belgium, died Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans a.k.a Toots Thielemans, a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century.

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Tracklist :

1 . w/ Kenny Werner – Days Of Wine And Roses (2012)

2 . Rosa Turbinata (2011)

3 . Bluesette (2009)

4 . w/ Mia Martini & Dee Dee Bridgewater – Imagine (1990)

5 . Vai Passar, Rio

6 . Velas (1987)

7 . All In Love Is Fair (1987)

8 . w/ Gerry Mulligan & Ethel Ennis – Lover Man (1986)

9 . w/ Jaco Pastorius – Three Views Of A Secret (1985)

10 . w/ Billy Joel – Leave A Tender Moment Alone (1983)

11 . w/ Jaco Pastorius – Sophisticated Lady (1982)

12 . w/ Mina – Non Gioco Più (1974 )

13 . w/ Peggy Lee – Makin’Whoopee (1967)

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Tracklist :

Bluesette . Sous Le Ciel De Paris (Live) . Cocktails for Two . Jean De Florette . Manha De Carnaval . Scotch On the Rocks . Sophisticated Lady . On the Alamo . Bluesette . Sous Le Ciel De Paris (Live) . Jean De Florette . Don’t Be That Way . Skylark . Manha De Carnaval . Scotch On the Rocks . Sophisticated Lady . On the Alamo . Cocktails for Two .

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Wikipedia : This day (August 22, 2016), in Brussels, Belgium, died Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans a.k.a Toots Thielemans, a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century.

Toots Thielemans : Toots played accordion at the age of 3 and started playing harmonica as a hobby. His first guitar, won on a bet. During the German occupation he got hooked on Jazz or as he says himself, “contaminated” by the jazz virus.

@ facebook : I can say without hesitation that Toots is one of the greatest musicians of our time. On his instrument he ranks with the best that jazz has ever produced. he goes for the heart and makes you cry..from Quincy Jones’ liner notes Q’s Jook Joint, 1995

@last.fm : Bluesette became a major 1962 world-wide hit for him and this still much beloved and requested piece has been re-recorded by him and commercially released on records/CDs many times over both in various studio versions and live on-stage performances performed in several different countries.

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