Toots Thielemans

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Toots Thielemans was a Belgian jazz musician renowned as one of the greatest harmonica players in jazz history, also celebrated for his whistling and guitar work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgian person
composer
guitarist
harmonica player
human
jazz musician
whistler
activeYearsEnd 2014
activeYearsStart 1940
awardReceived Baron title of the Kingdom of Belgium NERFINISHED
NEA Jazz Masters Award NERFINISHED
birthName Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor Thielemans NERFINISHED
composerOf Bluesette NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Belgium
dateOfBirth 1922-04-29
dateOfDeath 2016-08-22
familyName Thielemans NERFINISHED
genre bebop
jazz
givenName Jean-Baptiste NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Baron
instrument chromatic harmonica
guitar
voice
knownFor jazz harmonica playing
whistling and guitar unison solos
languageSpoken Dutch
English
French
nationality Belgian
nickname Toots NERFINISHED
notableFor harmonica work on Sesame Street theme
theme music for the film Midnight Cowboy
notableWork Bluesette NERFINISHED
occupation bandleader
composer
musician
placeOfBirth Belgium NERFINISHED
Brussels NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Belgium NERFINISHED
Brussels NERFINISHED
workedWith Bill Evans NERFINISHED
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Jaco Pastorius NERFINISHED
Oscar Peterson NERFINISHED
Pat Metheny NERFINISHED
Paul Simon NERFINISHED
Quincy Jones NERFINISHED

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George Shearing collaboratedWith Toots Thielemans
Shirley Horn collaboratedWith Toots Thielemans
Metropole Orkest collaboratedWith Toots Thielemans