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
Kaleidoscope
Keep You Satisfied
Keet In De Lobby
La Califusa
Laidback
L'amour Sorcier
Larmes De Crocodile
Last Night When We Were Young: The Ballad Album
Latin Affair
Latin Lace
Latin Lace (Part 1)
Laurita
Leonard Feather's Swingin' Swedes
Live
Live 2
Live 3
Live At Budokan
Live From New Orleans
Live In Japan
Local Color
Longest Dream
L'Or De L'Île Carn
Love Affair
Love Is Just Around The Corner / Point And Counterpoint
Luckiest Man In The Western World
Lullaby Of Birdland
Lullaby Of Birdland
Lullaby Of Birdland / Get Off My Bach
Man Bites Harmonica!
Manhattan Man
Manon Des Sources (Bande Originale Du Film)
Me
Mellow Mute
Memories Of A Middle-Aged Movie Fan
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight In San Juan
Montreux Heat!
Moods
Moods Volume I
Moon Over Moscow - Russian Popular Hits
My Cherie Amour
My New Celebrity Is You - Vol. III
Namorada
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Ne Réveillez Pas Un Flic Qui Dort
Night Mist
Nightriders / Toot's Boogie
Nightsongs
Nougaro : Sur L'Écran Noir De Mes Nuits Blanches
Novecento Featuring ...
Obsession / Vladivostok
Old-Time Bubble Gum Music
One More For The Road
One More Toots
On The Sunny Side Of The Strip
Original Soundtrack From The TV Series Baantjer
Out On The Street
Oye Come Va
Paris New-York And Me
Pentecostal Feeling