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2 unusual facts about Toots Thielemans


James Taylor: A Christmas Album

# "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (with Toots Thielemans)

Miles Goodman

His first production featured harmonicist Toots Thielemans working with a variety of famed Brazilian artists on The Brasil Project (1992).


Bird changes

The progression uses a series of sequential II-V or secondary II-V progressions, and has been used in pieces such as Parker's "Blues for Alice" and Toots Thielemans's "Bluesette".

Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro

Carlinhos has had a wide-ranging career as a percussionist, appearing in Brazilian films, on Brazilian television, and performing around the world with Herbie Mann, Sergio Mendes, Sadao Watanabe, Ed Thigpen, Toots Thielemans, Martinho da Vila, Beth Carvalho, Maria Bethania, and many more.

Freelance Records

Judy Niemack, Toots Thielemans, Jeanfrançois Prins, Kenny Werner, Scott Colley, Adam Nussbaum, Café, Mark Feldman, Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge

Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil

Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil is a 1969 bossa nova-style jazz LP album by Elis Regina and Toots Thielemans on the Fontana Special sublabel of Philips Records.

Jazz Middelheim

Apart from the incredible performance by Toots Thielemans, some other Belgian artists gave outstanding concerts: Jef Neve with José James (presenting their new Facing East CD), Jeroen Van Herzeele Quartet and Aka Moon + Baba Sissoko reached

Klaipėda Castle Jazz Festival

Major international performers at past festivals have included Maynard Ferguson, Toots Thielemans, Billy Cobham Culture Mix, Mike Mainieri, Victor Bailey, Chico & the Gypsies, Soweto Kinch, Alex Wilson, and Nikki Yeoh, among others.

Oscar Castro-Neves

He went on to work with a diverse array of musicians including Yo Yo Ma, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, João Gilberto, Eliane Elias, Lee Ritenour, Airto Moreira, Toots Thielemans, John Klemmer, Carol Welsman and Diane Schuur.

Shirley Horn

Horn collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others.


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