Toots Thielemans Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Toots Thielemans (born Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans, 29 April 1922, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian jazz musician 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") and 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 as the performer whistling the melody in commercials for Old Spice cologne.He announced his retirement, at the age of 91, on March 12, 2014.
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Fact
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His harmonica is heard in the theme songs to "Sesame Street" and "Midnight Cowboy", and many other film scores. He whistled the Old Spice deodorant commercial in the 1970s and '80s.
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Benny Goodman hired him for his band during its 1950 European tour. He also played and recorded with Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Shirley Horn, Dizzy Gillespie, and Quincy Jones.
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He is a master of the chromatic harmonica, and elevated it to a respected jazz instrument. He started out as a jazz guitarist.
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He became a US citizen in 1957.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Baantjer
TV Series musician - 124 episodes, 1995 - 2006 soloist - 1 episode, 2006
Witse
2004
TV Series musician: harmonica solo
Tom & Thomas
2002
musician: harmonica soloist - as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
musician: harmonica
Hard Rain
1998
musician: harmonica solo
French Kiss
1995
musician: harmonica solo
Intersection
1994
musician: harmonica performances
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
musician: harmonica solo
Manon of the Spring
1986
musician: harmonica solo
Jean de Florette
1986
musician: harmonica solo
As Summers Die
1986
TV Movie harmonica
L'homme aux yeux d'argent
1985
musician: harmonica
Hello
1984
Short musician: soloist
Vroeger kon je lachen
1983
solist: mondharmonica
Arthur
1981
musician: harmonica solo
Le guignolo
1980
musician: harmonica
Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979
musician: Guitar, harmonica and whistle - as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans
The Wiz
1978
musician: harmonica - uncredited
Aufforderung zum Tanz
1977
TV Movie musician: harmonica
Sesamstraat
1976
TV Series musician
The Sugarland Express
1974
harmonica: solos - as 'Toots' Thielemans
Salut l'artiste
1973
musician: harmonica solo
Turkish Delight
1973
musician: harmonica solo
The Getaway
1972
musician: harmonica solos
Brother John
1971
musician: harmonica solo
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
musician: harmonica - as Jean Toots Thielemans
Midnight Cowboy
1969
musician: harmonica played by - as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans
Banning
1967
musician: harmonica - uncredited
The Young Savages
1961
musician: harmonica - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Manglehorn
2014
performer: "Adagio Assai from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G Major"
Bi no tsubo
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2013 writer - 1 episode, 2013
The Missing Person
2009
performer: "Adagio Assai - Concerto For Piano and Orchestra in G major" - as Toots Theilemans
Jacques Brel op de Marquisen
2005
TV Movie documentary performer: "Ne me quitte pas"
$400,000
