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Toots

Homage to Toots – Steven De bruyn

November 25, 2016June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

When I started to play the harmonica 27 years ago, Toots was big in Belgium. He did not only play on films and in concerts, but also on many local music shows and local television series. He was also the godfather of the great Jazz Middelheim Festival and played the national anthem before an International […]

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Toots’ Funeral – William Galison

November 25, 2016June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

On Saturday 27 August, I attended the funeral of my friend and mentor, the incomparable Toots Thielemans. I was on tour in France when I heard the news of Toots passing, and I knew I had to go to Belgium to pay my respects. I drove with Belgian harmonica player, Steved De bruyn, to Toots […]

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Toots and Jazz – Howard Levy

November 25, 2016June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

I was lucky to meet Toots and play with him on two occasions – once around 1980 at a club in Chicago, and then at the Harmonica Summit in 2000 in Minneapolis. When we met in Chicago, I told him how I chose to play Jazz on diatonic because I loved the bluesiness of the […]

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Memories of an Old Friend: Toots – Rob Paparozzi

November 25, 2016June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

Toots came to the USA in the 50’s to join the Benny Goodman band and later George Shearing. John Lennon saw this LP cover in a shop in Hamburg, with Toots playing guitar, and decided if the Rickenbacker 325 was good enough for Toots he wanted it and hit the pawn shop on the corner! […]

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Toots & me – Antonio Serano

November 25, 2016June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

I first met Toots Thielemans when I was only 17 years old, in Seville, during the World Exposition of 1992. My father and I had travelled there to hear and meet the great Toots Thielemans! I was beginning to get interested in jazz so I was really excited! We arranged to meet in the lobby […]

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Remembering Toots – Adam Glasser

November 25, 2016June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

I don’t remember when I first heard Toots Thielemans. He has always been part of my harmonica life. I was amazed particularly by his virtuosity on the album Man Bites Harmonica especially the tracks Don’t Be that Way and Scotch on the Rocks. His album with Bill Evans, Affinity has always been a reference especially […]

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Toots Theilemans Tribute – The Archivist

November 25, 2016November 27, 2016 Archie Chromatic, Tributes

Jean Toots Thielemans: 29 April 1922 to 22 August 2016 I can say without hesitation that Toots is one of the greatest musicians of our time. On his instrument he ranks with the best that jazz has ever produced. He goes for the heart and makes you cry. We have worked together more times than […]

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