RIP Toots Thielemans

**Rarebird** · 08-22-2016

Harmonica-legend Toots Thielemans has died aged 94. He played with several jazz greats, including Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis.
http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.en...News/1.2749950

**Zeuhlmate** · 08-22-2016

He was also a brilliant guitarist.

**beano** · 08-22-2016

RIP..Sae him live back in the 80's..Great show..

**Reid** · 08-22-2016

Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate

He was also a brilliant guitarist.

And whistler.

**No Pride** · 08-22-2016

Originally Posted by Reid

And whistler.

And composer.

Sorry to see him go, but he had a good long life. R.I.P. Toots.

**Reid** · 08-22-2016

I have this album here, which is pretty diverse.

**rcarlberg** · 08-22-2016

Kind of a niche artist, but a master at what he did.

**Trane** · 08-22-2016

RIP Toots

**beano** · 08-22-2016

Lets not forget this masterpiece...

https://youtu.be/ZGORPUzLxtU

**GuitarGeek** · 08-22-2016

John Lennon bought his first Rickenbacker guitar after seeing Toots perform in concert.

The first time I remember hearing his name was when he guested on a Billy Joel song called Leave A Tender Moment Alone, which got a fair amount of play on MTV, it was a live version, for which Billy had Toots flown out to play on, and each time the video played on MTV, they included the introduction where Billy introduces him.

But, I suspect, the first time I heard Toots play, was hearing this as a small child:

**progholio** · 08-23-2016

One of my biggest regrets was not going to see him in a small jazz club about 10 or so years ago knowing this was an opportunity not to be missed.

RIP Mr Theilmans