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Topic: RIP Toots Thielemans |
Andy Volk
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Posted 22 Aug 2016 4:42 am |
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RIP Toots Theilmans. Beloved by musicians world wide. He had a huge impact on me and the sense of joy and beauty he brought to everything he did was inspiring. Toots played with the best jazz musicians on the world stage and was also on many commercials and famous film scores ... like Midnight Cowboy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb-5aQ1EIgc
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Andy Volk
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Slim Heilpern
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Aptos California, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2016 6:16 am
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While deservedly regarded as the king of jazz harmonica, he also (before his stroke) played jazz guitar and seemed to have a fondness for country pickers:
https://youtu.be/dQN1ejkaUd0
He also, unusually, plays diatonic harp on the above cut. The violinist is Svend Asmussen -- this is from their album "Toots and Svend, Yesterday & Today".
He had a very playful side to his playing, and absolutely incredible chops on the chromatic:
https://youtu.be/8EdUAWYWxjY
https://youtu.be/JNpKbvoIPE8
RIP Toots!
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John Hopkin
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Posted 23 Aug 2016 1:16 pm
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...Thielemans....
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 23 Aug 2016 2:17 pm
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My "one step removed" Toots story...
I was recording with Jimmy Dean (Big Bad John and Big Good Sausage!) years ago, and he told me of a time back in the '60's when he was recording out west, and he asked Toots if he could play harp like "that guy in Nashville." (Charlie McCoy.) Toots replied that, sadly, he could not.
Jimmy said about a year after that, he was sitting on his boat, and here comes Toots, drunk, with a small paper grocery sack in his hand. Jimmy said he hobbled onto the boat, asked "Do you remember when you asked me if I could play like that kid in Nashville?" Jimmy said yes, and Toots opened the bag, pulled out a little Marine Band, and said, "I can now!" 
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Aug 2016 3:52 pm
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| That's sad news. Toots was my dad's friend. I remember him coming over to our house when I was a kid. I remember him as a really nice individual. One time he gave me one of his Hohner chromatic harmonicas, which thrilled the hell out of me. Coincidentally, I just passed it on to my son last week. |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 24 Aug 2016 4:55 am
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He whistled the"Old Spice Theme...don't think he's on"Midnight Cowboy"some guy named Manson...not Charles.Billy Joel"Leave the tender moment alone" R.I.P.Toots 
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Len Ryder
From:
Penticton B.C.
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Posted 24 Aug 2016 9:55 am
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| Up to this point I'd not been familiar with this man. but now ----- WOW ! ! ! ! ! What a loss. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Aug 2016 10:17 am
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One of the world's greatest musicians is gone.
He played guitar with Charlie Parker, too, and a lot more than once. He was also a master of Brazilian music, and recorded with Elis Regina in 1969 (great album). There were no limits to what he could do. Check out his record with Bill Evans, Affinity.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 25 Aug 2016 8:15 am
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Incomparable. I only discovered it here this morning. I don't know whether that's my failure, or the fault of the sports-and-election-obsessed media...
RIP Mr. Theilmans. |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 27 Aug 2016 12:21 am
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Hmmm.I was wrong Toots did play on"Midnight Cowboy",and he also Whistled the"Old Spice"Theme.
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2016 9:43 pm
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An astounding and impressive talent, will be much missed.. Apart from his amazing discography and musical acumen, I was always deeply affected by the depth and beauty of his tone. What an inspiration.
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John Brabant
From:
Calais, VT, USA
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 3:37 pm
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| I saw him play chromatic harmonica about 30 years ago in SF and he also played jazz guitar and whistled every note he played as he played them. He was really one of a kind. RIP Toots. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 7:50 pm
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| Man Bites Harmonica! One of the finest musicians of the 20th century. I was lucky enough to catch him years and years ago in Boston. His playing was unmistakable. Guitar too, just astounding. |
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 1 Sep 2016 7:05 am
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Godspeed Mr.Theilmans. What a wonderful and recognizable sound you pulled out of the harmonica.
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