Toots THIELEMANS
His parents owned a cafe in the High Street, in the heart of Brussels neighborhood where Marolles regularly plays an accordion. His father noticed his interest in the instrument, made him start, from the age of three, learning the accordion. He plays the bagpipes, the Tonkinese or the International. In 1938, he discovered the harmonica (the cinema among others) by the films with Ray Ventura and his orchestra, he began to play out as hobby. The outbreak of World War II that causes the closure of universities prevented from continuing his studies. C is for the occupation that he became "addicted" to jazz, he plays in clubs where it is advised to learn a "real instrument". He will learn the guitar by listening to records where Django Reinhardt, his first model, then plays with Stephane Grappelli. After the Liberation, he was engaged in small formations. He is nicknamed Toots by Toots Mondello and musicians Toots Camarata, whose newspapers have to time his name is not Jean Thielemans n considered quite Swing. In 1947 he made his first trip as a tourist in the U.S. where he dreams of a career. His first international breakthrough took place in 1950, when he joined Benny Goodman for a European tour. In 1951 he toured Belgium with singer-guitarist and entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen. In 1952 he emigrated to the United States, will be his first engagements as a member of Charlie Parker's All-Stars in Philadelphia and the George Shearing Quintet. It consists Bluesette in 1962, which became a standard composition and earned him an international reputation. He developed a new sound, whistling and playing the guitar at the same time. It is the harmonica soloist for film scores: Midnight Cowboy, The Getaway, Sugarland Express, Cinderella Liberty, Turks Fruit, Jean de Florette, etc.. or the television show Sesame Street. He has accompanied in concert and recorded with artists like Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Natalie Cole, Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Larry Schneider Alain Soler, the group MachiavelliHe became the undisputed reference to the harmonica. King Albert II gave him the noble title of Baron. He was nominated for the title Belg der Belgen ("the greatest Belgian") in 2005 and will end in the Flemish version twentieth and forty-fourth in the French version. Google machine translation: Toots THIELEMANS's original bio |
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| Toots THIELEMANS Arr : Frank BERNAERTS Publisher : Bernaerts Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Pop music |
Set Wind Band (BER471-BA) : € 86,02 | ||