Four Classic Albums (Man Bites Harmonica / Blues Pour Flirter / Toots Thielemans / The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans) (2CD)
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Toots Thielemans
Four Classic Albums (Man Bites Harmonica / Blues Pour Flirter / Toots Thielemans / The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans) (2CD)
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Release Date: Friday 27 January 2017
Starting out playing the accordion at age 3, Toots became attracted to jazz during the German occupation of Belgium in 1940. He began by teaching himself guitar listening to recordings by fellow Belgian, the extraordinary guitarist Django Reinhardt. By 1949 he was playing guitar in Paris with Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. During a short trip to America he was heard playing guitar by the agent of Benny Goodman and by the time he had returned to Belgium an invitation had arrived for Toots to join Goodman on his European tours of 1949 and 1950. Ostensibly he was hired to play guitar but due to union restrictions in the UK he switched to the harmonica at the London Palladium gig. Goodman was shocked to be told by Toots that these were his first paid jobs as a musician! From 1953-1959 he played guitar and harmonica in the George Shearing Quintet and it was during this time that he added whistling to his repertoire. Other musicians Toots has played with include Zoot Sims, Max Roach, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Stephane Grappelli and Bill Evans (of which their album together Affinity was one of Toots's favourites). At his funeral in Belgium, no less a personage than Barack Obama sent a message of sympathy to Toots's widow Huguette. Listen, enjoy and remember Toots Thielemans.
Tracks:
CD1
1. East Of The Sun (Man Bites Harmonica)
2. Don't Blame Me (Man Bites Harmonica)
3. 18th Century (Man Bites Harmonica)
4. Soul Station (Man Bites Harmonica)
5. Fundamental Frequency (Man Bites Harmonica)
6. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Man Bites Harmonica)
7. Imagination (Man Bites Harmonica)
8. Isn't It Romantic? (Man Bites Harmonica)
9. Winter In Madrid (Blues Pour Flirter)
10. Willow Weep For Me (Blues Pour Flirter)
11. Satin Doll (Blues Pour Flirter)
12. Bag's Groove (Blues Pour Flirter)
13. We'll Be Together Again (Blues Pour Flirter)
14. Hot Toddy (Blues Pour Flirter)
15. Try A Little Tenderness (Blues Pour Flirter)
16. Talk To Me (Blues Pour Flirter)
17. Le Trottoir (Blues Pour Flirter)
18. Honeysuckle Rose (Blues Pour Flirter)
19. Flirt (Blues Pour Flirter)
CD2
1. The Mountain Whistler (Toots Thielemans)
2. The Green Leaves Of Summer (Toots Thielemans)
3. Pentecostal Feeling (Toots Thielemans)
4. Moonlight Tango (Toots Thielemans)
5. Last Date (Toots Thielemans)
6. He's A Jolly Good Fellow (Toots Thielemans)
7. Lonely Room (Toots Thielemans)
8. One Morning In Rome (Toots Thielemans)
9. Bluesette (Toots Thielemans)
10. Homesick For Old England (Toots Thielemans)
11. I'll Be Around (Toots Thielemans)
12. Sultry Serenade (Toots Thielemans)
13. Geisha Blues (Toots Thielemans)
14. Paul's Pal (Toots Thielemans)
15. Stairway To The Stars (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
16. Love Walked In (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
17. Long Ago (And Far Away) (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
18. I Loves You Porgy (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
19. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
20. You're Driving Me Crazy (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
21. Isn't it Romantic (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
22. Homesick That's All (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
23. Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
24. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
25. This Is Always (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
26. Stranger In Paradise (The Romantic Sounds Of Toots Thielemans)
