Toots Thielemans - Four Classic Albums (2CD) (2016) {Compilation, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 349.64 Mb + 270.88 Mb + 19.23 Mb (Scans) | 02:25:41
Bop, Easy Listening | Label: Avid Jazz - EMSC 1223
In this release AVID pay tribute to the recently departed harmonica player, guitarist and whistler and one of Belgium greatest exports (along with Jacques Brel, Django Reinhardt, Tin Tin and Hercule Poirot ), Toots Thielemans who died on August 22nd 2016. Starting out playing the accordion at age 3, Toots became attracted to jazz during the German occupation of Belgium in 1940. He began by teaching himself guitar listening to recordings by fellow Belgian, the extraordinary guitarist Django Reinhardt. By 1949 he was playing guitar in Paris with Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis.