Toots Thielemans - Collection LP+Blu-ray - CD-box set - 2018

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 playing the chromatic harmonica, 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.

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.

You will received a very nice collection all unused and sealed.



1. Toots Thielemans - Live at Le Chapiteau Opera de Liege, May 17, 2012
With Kenny Werner and Trijntje Oosterhuis.

Blu-ray disc from 2012
sealed

2. Toots Thielemans – His Ultimate Collection
Toots Thielemans - His Ultimate Collection album cover
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Label: Sony Music – 88985365351
Series: The Ultimate Collection (11)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Netherlands
Released: 2018

A1 Bluesette
A2 Turks Fruit (From "Turks Fruit")
A3 Wat Zonde (From "Turks Fruit")
A4 Nobody Does It Better
A5 Sophisticated Lady
A6 Days Of Wine And Roses
A7 Quiet Evenings (Bobby Deerfield)
A8 On The Alamo
B1 Killer Joe
B2 Rosa Turbinata (From "Turks Fruit")
B3 The Shadows Of Your Smile (From: The Sandpiper)
B4 Skylark
B5 Jane's Theme
B6 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
B7 Here's That Rainy Day


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