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
1955-1978
Lady Be Good
Live From New Orleans
Music From the Motion Picture: Between a Smile and a Tear (A Tribute to Jazzclub Montmartre in Copenhagen)
Toots Blues 1950-1952
Toots Blues 1950–1952
When I See You
One More for the Road
One More For The Road
Christian Escoudé Group
Hit Collection
Fender Rhodes
Rendez-Vous In Rio - Toots . Sylvia . Sivuca
European Quartet Live
European Quartet Live
Jazz Legends from Belgium
The Soul Of Toots Thielemans
The Best Of
Toots 90
Yesterday & Today
Top 40 Toots (His Ultimate Top 40 Collection)
La nuit ensoleillée: Original Soundtrack
The Legendary Toots Thielemans
The Real... Toots Thielemans
Toots 100th Birthday Celebration
Toots Thielemans Meets Rob Franken (Studio Sessions 1973-1983)
Harmonica Jazz
Jean "Toots" Thielemans
Midnight Cowboy
Ne Me Quitte Pas: Live in Brussels
One More Toots
Pentecostal Feeling
Quiet Evenings
Smile - Het beste van Toots
The Best Of Toots Thielemans
The Very Best Of Toots Thielemans - Hard To Say Goodbye
Time Out For Toots
Toots Concerto
Toots In Holland
Toots On Tour
Verve Jazz Masters 59
Yesterday and Today
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