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OFFICIAL Jean TOOTS Thielemans MySpace |
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| Country: |  Belgium |
| Last Login: | Oct 11, 2007 (332 days back) |
About Me |
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| Toots wishes to thank all musicians, promotors (Stratta/Philips), collaborators, audience and fans for the "Tribute" he received in a full Carnegie Hall on March, 16 2006. Toots' bio: - Born: Brussels, Belgium 1922 - Immigrated: USA 1952 - Played accordion at age 3 - Started playing harmonica as a hobby - First guitar won on a bet - "Hooked" on Jazz during German occupation - First idol: Django Reinhardt - Early influence: Charlie Parker - Nicknamed "Toots" after musicians Toots Mondello and Toots Camarata - First international break through: Joining Benny Goodman on European concert tour in 1950 - Early US jobs: member of Charlie Parker's All Stars in Philadelphia; George Shearing Quintet; ... - Composed "Bluesette", 1962 - Originated new sound: Whistling and guitar in unison - Whistler for commercials: Best known "Old Spice" - Harmonica soloist for film scores: Midnight Cowboy, The Getaway, Sugarland Express, Cinderella Liberty, Turks Fruit, Jean de Florette , ... - Concerts and recordings with names like: George Shearing, Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Natalie Cole, Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, ... - Harmonica Soloist - TV: Sesame Street - Perennial winner of Down Beat readers and critics poll "miscellaneous instruments" - Favorite compliment (from the late Clifford Brown): "Toots, the way you play the harmonica they should not call it a miscellaneous instrument" "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. We have worked together more times than I can count and he always keeps me coming back for more ..." from Quincy Jones' liner notes Q's Jook Joint, 1995 * IMPORTANT * Please CHECK, for upcoming CONCERT DATES, discography, merchandising, biz questions, the management (Uncle Jazz), and so on... : www.TootsThielemans.com . Thanks! P.S. And, to avoid disappointments: personal messages CAN NOT be delivered through MySpace. We're sorry! Consult for all contact details the above mentioned www.TootsThielemans.com. But, Toots tries to read the below COMMENTS as much as possible! Of course it's hard to reply to all... Do keep the comments coming, ok? Great!!! p.p. Uncle Jazz, Dirk Godts ;-) |
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Music:Member Since: 9/1/2007Band Website: tootsthielemans.com Band Members: Here on MySpace you can enjoy: Kenny Werner (p), please listen to the track I'm Old Fashioned, a live recording mid June 2001 at the Biblo Jazz Club in Kalmthout (Belgium). What a Wonderful World was recorded September, 27 - 2006 in Nieuwegein (The Netherlands) with Hein van de Geyn (db), Hans van Oosterhout (d) and Karel Boehlee (p). The third song here on MySpace is No More Blues (Chega de Saudade) and that track was was live recorded on September, 2 - 2005 in Tanglewood, Massachusetts (United States); together with Kenny Werner (p), Oscar Castro-Neves (g) and Airto Moreira (d). Toots Thielemans is this month in Brazil, Mexico, San Francisco and Seattle. Check www.TootsThielemans.com for further details... Influences: Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, George Shearing, Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Natalie Cole, Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Clifford Brown, ... Record Label: Universal Music Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz) |
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Official Jean TOOTS THIELEMANS MySpace launched today 27/9 ! Please add... |
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It took some time, but yesterday Dirk Godts - finally - posted me three songs, exclusive for the one and only Jea... Posted by Toots Thielemans on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:24:00 PST |
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News/press, De Volkskrant (NL): 16 mei 2007 |
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| De Volkskrant: 16 mei 2007
... Posted by Toots Thielemans on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:31:00 PST |
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May 14, 2007: Toots in Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Posted by Toots Thielemans on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:36:00 PST |
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Toots Thielemans thanks everybody for their support during the last months. He will play his... |
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| Toots Thielemans thanks everybody for their support during the last months. He will play his first concert on January, 18 2007 in the Zuiderkroon in Antwerp, Belgium.
... Posted by Toots Thielemans on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:39:00 PST |
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Carnegie Hall on March, 16 2006 |
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| Toots wishes to thank all musicians, promotors (Stratta/Philips), collaborators, audience and fans for the "Tribute" he received in a full Carnegie Hall on March, 16 2006.
Photographer: Jos Knaepen
Ph... Posted by Toots Thielemans on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:01:00 PST |
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