Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemansis a Belgian jazz musician. He is known for his guitar and harmonica playing, as well as his whistling skills...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth29 April 1922
CountryBelgium
Toots Thielemans quotes about
everywhere jazz
Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.
garden rose musician
Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!
father son sunday
My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a shoebox. One of the regulars in 'the cafe said to my father: "I think you should get your son an accordion-that's what he's trying to do, with that shoebox." So they got me a little cardboard diatonic accordion-I still have it. I started to play the National Anthem, and things like that. It seems I was musically gifted-but my parents just never pushed in that direction.
music playing-jazz generations
Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.
harmonicas instruments
The harmonica is a great instrument.