Toots Thielemans

Toots Thielemans

Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz historian Ted Gioia, his most important contribution was in "championing the humble harmonica", which Thielemans made into a "legitimate voice in jazz". He eventually became the "preeminent" jazz harmonica player. His first professional performances were with Benny Goodman's band when they toured Europe in 1949 and 1950. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1951, becoming a citizen in 1957. From 1953 to 1959 he played with George Shearing, and then led his own groups on tours in the U.S. and Europe. In 1961 he recorded and performed live one of his own compositions, "Bluesette", which featured him playing guitar and whistling. In the 1970s and 1980s, he continued touring and recording, appearing with musicians such as Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Werner, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Mina Mazzini, Elis Regina, Quincy Jones, George Shearing, Natalie Cole, Billy Joel, Paul Simon and Paquito D'Rivera. Thielemans recorded the soundtracks for The Pawnbroker (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Getaway (1972), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Sugarland Express (1974) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). His harmonica theme song for the popular Sesame Street TV show was heard for 40 years. He often performed and recorded with Quincy Jones, who once called him "one of the greatest musicians of our time." In 2009 he was designated a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor for a jazz musician in the United States. Thielemans was born in Brussels on 29 April 1922. His parents owned a café. He began playing music at an early age, using a homemade accordion at age three. During the German occupation of Belgium beginning in 1940, he became attracted to jazz, but was then playing on a full-size accordion or a harmonica, which he taught himself to play in his teens. After being introduced to the music of Belgian-born jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, he became inspired to teach himself guitar, which he did by listening to Reinhardt's recordings. At the time he was a college student majoring in mathematics. By the war's end in 1945, he considered himself a full-time musician. He said in 1950, "Django is still one of my main influences, I think, for lyricism. He can make me cry when I hear him." During an interview in 1988, he recalled, "I guess I was born at the right time to live and adapt and be touched by the evolution in the jazz language."[ He played in two Silverio Pisu stories: Giacomino passerotto vagabondo and Manolo gattino sognatore. In 1949 he joined a jam session in Paris with Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach and others. He first heard the faster bebop style of jazz from records by Parker and Dizzy Gillespie after they had reached Belgium after the war. They became his musical "prophets." As his small collection of jazz records grew, the music of Benny Goodman and Lester Young began to impress him the most. ... Source: Article "Toots Thielemans" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Isihloko: Toots Thielemans
  • Ukuthandwa: 0.851
  • Yaziwa ngokuba: Acting
  • Usuku lokuzalwa: 1922-04-29
  • Indawo yokuzalelwa: Brussels, Belgium
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  • Kwaziwa njenge: Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans
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Toots Thielemans Iimuvi

  • 1974
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    Dunderklumpen!

    Dunderklumpen!

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  • 2009
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    V.A. North Sea Jazz

    V.A. North Sea Jazz

    6 2009 HD

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  • 1984
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    Billy Joel: Live At Wembley Arena

    Billy Joel: Live At Wembley Arena

    8 1984 HD

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  • 2008
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    Christmas in Paris

    Christmas in Paris

    3 2008 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Paul Simon Special

    The Paul Simon Special

    8 1977 HD

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  • 2023
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    Elis & Tom - Só Tinha de Ser com Você

    Elis & Tom - Só Tinha de Ser com Você

    8 2023 HD

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  • 2014
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    Toots Thielemans - Live at le Chapiteau Opera de Liege, May 17, 2012

    Toots Thielemans - Live at le Chapiteau Opera de Liege, May 17, 2012

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  • 2010
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    Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 4

    Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 4

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2005
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    Between a Smile and a Tear

    Between a Smile and a Tear

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1963
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    En gång i Stockholm

    En gång i Stockholm

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1992
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    Changa Changa, rythmes en noirs et blancs

    Changa Changa, rythmes en noirs et blancs

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  • 1983
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    Vroeger kon je lachen

    Vroeger kon je lachen

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  • 1969
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    Midnight Cowboy

    Midnight Cowboy

    7.5 1969 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Getaway

    The Getaway

    7.083 1972 HD

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  • 1973
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    Turks Fruit

    Turks Fruit

    6.87 1973 HD

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  • 1977
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    Aufforderung zum Tanz

    Aufforderung zum Tanz

    8.2 1977 HD

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  • 1985
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    Une femme ou deux

    Une femme ou deux

    5.2 1985 HD

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  • 1979
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    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    6.6 1979 HD

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  • 1974
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    Dunderklumpen!

    Dunderklumpen!

    6.4 1974 HD

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  • 1963
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    En gång i Stockholm

    En gång i Stockholm

    1 1963 HD

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  • 2019
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    I huvet på Per Åhlin

    I huvet på Per Åhlin

    1 2019 HD

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  • 1978
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    Camping

    Camping

    7 1978 HD

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  • 1985
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    夜叉

    夜叉

    7.7 1985 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Sugarland Express

    The Sugarland Express

    6.6 1974 HD

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  • 1975
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    De Dwaze Lotgevallen Van Sherlock Jones

    De Dwaze Lotgevallen Van Sherlock Jones

    4.5 1975 HD

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  • 1986
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    Manon des sources

    Manon des sources

    7.6 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Jean de Florette

    Jean de Florette

    7.701 1986 HD

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  • 1958
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    NDR Jazz Workshops

    NDR Jazz Workshops

    1 1958 HD

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  • 2005
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    De Wereld Draait Door

    De Wereld Draait Door

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1975
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    Musik ist Trumpf

    Musik ist Trumpf

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1981
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    De TV Show

    De TV Show

    1 1981 HD

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