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
The Montreux Collection
The Montreux Collection
The Naked Truth
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
The Sentimental Touch... Of Albert van Dam
The Shearing Spell
The Shearing Spell
The Shearing Touch
The Shearing Touch
The Soul Of Toots Thielemans
The Sound
The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 - 1974
The Warm Shade Of Memory
The Wiz
The Wonderful Music Of Toots Thielemans
The Young Savages (An Original Sound Track Recording)
Tiempo De Cencerro
Tiempo De Cencerro
Time Out For Toots
Toots
Toots
Toots 90
Toots Blues 1950-1952
Toots Concerto
Toots In Holland
Toots & Louis
Toots Möter Taube (Toots Thielemans Spelar Melodier Av Evert Taube)
Toot's Quartet
Toots & Svend
Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner
Toots Thielemans / Philip Catherine / & Friends
Toots Thielemans Whistles, Plays Guitar And Harmonica
Trippin'
True Love Ways
Twenty Songs Of The Century
Twins I (Aurex Jazz Festival '82) = オーレックス・ジャズ・フェスティバル '82 ライヴ Twins I
Twins II (Aurex Jazz Festival '82)
Twins I & II - Live In Japan 1982
Two By Four
Undecided / Adieu
Une Voix . Dix Doigts
Up To The Kissing Gate
Vanessa Rubin Sings
Varsamt
Velvet Carpet
Vermoeden Van Vrijheid
Verve Jazz Masters 57
Verve Jazz Masters 59
Vibrations
Voyage
Walk, Don't Run - Original Sound Track Recording
Walking In Space Plus
Week-end Portes Ouvertes / Bluesette
We'll Be Together Again
What You Feel Is How You Grow
Whistle While You Work
Why Not!
Without Rhyme Or Reason