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| 1. | On The Alamo
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| 2. | Don't Be That Way
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| 3. | I Put All The Eggs In One Basket
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| 4. | Sophisticated Lady
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| 5. | Scotch On The Rocks
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| 6. | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
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| 7. | Stars Fell Of Alabama
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| 8. | Diga Diga Doo
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| 9. | So Rare
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| 10. | Skylark
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| 11. | Sonny Boy
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| 12. | Cocktails For Two
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| 13. | The Nearness Of You
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| 14. | In A Sentimental Mood
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| 15. | You Took Advantage Of Me
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| 16. | Cool And Easy
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| 17. | Body And Soul
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| 18. | The Cuckoo In The Clock
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| 19. | Tangerine
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| 20. | Early Autumn
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| 21. | Them There Eyes
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| 22. | A Handful Of Stars
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| 23. | Can't Lovin' Dat Man
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| 24. | Clap Yo' Hands
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Jazz
Recorded: New York, 1955-1958
Urbie Green, Billy Byers, Chauncey Welsch, Santos Russo, Lou McGarity, Al Godlis, Billy Rauch, Jack Satterfield (tb), Toots Mondello, Artie Beck (as, cl), Carl Prager (bs, cl), Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts), George Berg (ts, cl), Al Epstein, Danny Bank (bars),
Jean "Toots" Thielemans arrived in the U.S. from his native Belgium in 1951. His first works in jazz were as a guitarist, instrument on which he achieved recognition as soon as he joined the George Shearing Quintet in late 1952. However, he was
also a skilful harmonica player. The present selection was intended to introduce the several facets of the instrument as exposed by Toots Thielemans' thorough musicianship, his swing, and his unique achievements in versatility. For him, the
ingredients of jazz are the beat (the motor) and sound, melody, and harmony (the intelligence). In this collection you will find Toots playing harmonica on every track, and even overdubbing guitar solos on four of them. With feats like this, not only he proved that jazz is a music of many moods, but he also brought a new perspective to the use of the harmonica in the jazz field; because one thing is certain: he can make it swing!
Toots Thielemans
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Apr 29, 1922 in Brussels, Belgium
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Latin Jazz, Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Standards
Although preceded by Larry Adler (who has actually spent much of his career playing popular and classical music), Toots Thielemans virtually introduced the chromatic harmonica as a jazz instrument. In fact, ever since the mid-'50s, he has had no close competitors. Toots simply plays the harmonica with the dexterity of a saxophonist and has even successfully traded off with the likes of Oscar Peterson.
Toots Thielemans' first instrument was the accordion, which he started when he was three. Although he started playing the harmonica when he was 17, Thielemans' original reputation was made as a guitarist who was influenced by Django Reinhardt. Very much open to bop, Thielemans played in American GI clubs in Europe, visited the U.S. for the first time in 1947, and shared the bandstand with Charlie Parker at the Paris Jazz Festival of 1949. He toured Europe as a guitarist with the Benny Goodman Sextet in 1950, and the following year moved to the U.S. During 1953-1959, Toots was a member of the George Shearing quintet (mostly as a guitarist) and has freelanced ever since. He first recorded his big hit "Bluesette" (which featured his expert whistling and guitar) in 1961, and ever since has been greatly in demand (particularly for his harmonica and his whistling) on pop records (including many dates with Quincy Jones) and as a jazz soloist. Toots' two-volume Brasil Project was popular in the 1990s and found him smoothly interacting on harmonica with top Brazilian musicians.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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