Person
Toots Thielemans
Albums
162
Members
6
Active
1922–2016
Origin
Belgium
Biography
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (born 29 April 1922, Brussels, Belgium), known as Toots Thielemans, is 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.
He has worked as a bandleader (scoring an international hit in the 1960s with his song "Bluesette"), as a sideman (notably on many projects with composer/arranger Quincy Jones), and has appeared on dozens of film soundtracks. In 2009 he became NEA Jazz Master, the highest honour for a jazz musician in the United States.
He may be best-known to some of the American public as the performer whistling the melody in commercials for Old Spice cologne.
Discography
Obsession / Vladivostok
Toot's Quartet
So Rare / Stars Fell On Alabama
The Sound
The Sound: The Amazing Jean "Toots" Thielemans
Ghitana / The Sheik Of Araby
Sleepy Lagoon / Jack Of Hearts
Time Out For Toots
Man Bites Harmonica!
The Soul Of Toots Thielemans
Whistle While You Work
Blues Pour Flirter
Road To Romance
Toots Thielemans Whistles, Plays Guitar And Harmonica
Jazz Workshop Concert - Ruhrfestspiele 1962
Pentecostal Feeling
Bluesette / The Mountain Whistler
Toots
Toots Thielemans
Bluesette / Duke's Place
The Whistler and His Guitar
Too Much! Toots!
Contrasts... The Provocative Musical Genius Of Toots Thielemans
A Musical Flirtation With Toots Thielemans
Toots
Elis & Toots
A Taste Of Toots
Toots & Svend
Captured Alive
Dunderklumpen
Live
Live
The Wonderful Music Of Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans / Philip Catherine / & Friends
Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine & Friends
Bluesette
Old Friend
Live 2
Moods
Toots Thielemans
Affinity
Live 3
Live 3
Slow Motion
Toots Möter Taube (Toots Thielemans Spelar Melodier Av Evert Taube)
Collage
Best Hits
Live 2
Live in the Netherlands
Toots & Louis
Changing Moods
Midnight Cruiser
Apple Dimple
Bluesette
Chiko's Bar
The Silver Collection
Toots Thielemans
Your Precious Love
Your Precious Love
Chiko’s Bar
Credits
Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording
The Sesjun Radio Shows
Rejoice
The Essential Jaco Pastorius
The Word Is Out!
Ease Your Mind
When I See You
Lumpy Jazz
Music From the Motion Picture: Between a Smile and a Tear (A Tribute to Jazzclub Montmartre in Copenhagen)
Chez Toots
Hard Rain
Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz
Jazziza
Live
Louder Than Words
In From the Storm
Circo Beat
Rhapsody II
Secret Story
This Is My Life
You Won’t Forget Me
Bim Bim
Garden City
Gula Matari
Monica Z
Instincts
Only Trust Your Heart
Svingin' with Svend
Shu•bi•dua 12
Viktor Lazlo
Illusions
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources: Bande originale des films
Just Friends
The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone
The King of Swing
Apple Dimple
Sesamstraat Is Jarig
The Silver Collection
Valotte
An Innocent Man
Passionfruit
Incognito
Invitation
Live in the Netherlands
Three's a Charm
Digital at Montreux, 1980
Ella Abraça Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book
Songs of the Beatles
“The Dude”
Word of Mouth
Collage
Live at Montreux Festival
Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland, 1980
Da bist du ja
Weekend
Zio Tom
Affinity
The Wiz
Whirlwind
Galos de briga