Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known as Toots Thielemans,
was 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 centuryHe 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.
1955. Toots Thielemans - Sound Of Toots Thielemans
1958. Jean 'Toots' Thielemans - Man Bites Harmonica
1959. Toots Thielemans - The Soul Of Toots Thielemans
1961. Toots Thielemans - Blues Pour Flirter {Jazz In Paris, #17}
1964. Toots Thielemans - The Whistler And His Guitar
1967. Toots Thielemans - Guitar And Strings And Things (LP)
1967. Toots Thielemans - Two Toots
1969. Toots Thielemans & Elis Regina - Aquarela Do Brasil
1972. Toots Thielemans & Svend Asmussen - Toots & Svend
1975. Toots Thielemans - Images
1975. Toots Thielemans - Old Friend (LP)
1979. Toots Thielemans - Apple Dimple
1980. Thielemans - Pass - Pedersen - Live In The Netherlands
1984. Stephane Grappelli & Toots Thielemans - Bringing It Together
1985. Ake Johansson Trio with Chet Baker & Toots Thielemans - Chet & Toots
1985. Toots Thielemans - Bluesette
1985. Toots Thielemans - The Silver Collection
1988. Toots Thielemans - Only Trust Your Heart
1989. Toots Thielemans - Footprints
1991. Toots Thielemans & Shirley Horn Trio - For My Lady
1991. Toots Thielemans - Compact Jazz
1992. Toots Thielemans - The Brasil Project
1993. Toots Thielemans - The Brasil Project, Vol. 2
1994. Toots Thielemans - East Coast West Coast
1995. Toots Thielemans - Giants Of Jazz {CD 53238}
1996. Toots Thielemans - Verve Jazz Masters 59
1997. Toots Thielemans - Toots 75 - The Birthday Album
1998. Toots Thielemans - Chez Toots
1998. Toots Thielemans - Penthouse Serenade
2001. Toots Thielemans - Hard To Say Goodbye (The Very Best Of...)
2006. Toots Thielemans - One More For The Road
2010. Toots Thielemans European Quartet - Live
2012. Toots Thielemans European Quartet - 90 yrs
2012. Toots Thielemans The Best Of (2 CD)
