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TOOTS THIELEMANS is the greatest living virtuoso (and perennial winner of Downbeat’s and Jazz Times' Readers and Critics Polls alike) on his "Miscellaneous Instrument", the harmonica. Toots was named a 2009 American Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, and his moving rendition of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World, stole the show at the Awards ceremony at Lincoln Center. With a career that goes back to World War II, Toots has played with everyone from Benny Goodman and Charlie Parker, to Paul Simon and Jaco Pastorius. At his 80th Birthday week in 2002 at the Blue Note in NYC, Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder stopped by to sit in, not surprising, since Toots is revered by musical giants both young and old.
Everyone has heard Toots, if not live or on record, then on the soundtrack of such movies as Midnight Cowboy, or playing the Sesame Street Theme, or whistling on that famous Old Spice ad on TV. Millions saw him on a Today Show feature in 2005, and 2,700 more saw him in person at The Magic of Toots, a sold-out Carnegie Hall tribute in 2006. No less an authority than Quincy Jones says of Toots, "he ranks with the best that jazz has ever produced." Toots is available in duo with pianist Kenny Werner, in trio adding Brazilian guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves, or in quartet adding percussionist Airto Moreira.
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| Phone 434-979-6374 Fax 434-979-6179 | ||
| 1006 Ashby Place; Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA | ||
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