Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

“Toots” Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94
https://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | August 22 2016 | T.R. Goldman

Posted on 08/22/2016 6:02:49 AM PDT by Beowulf9

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

1 posted on 08/22/2016 6:02:49 AM PDT by Beowulf9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

My favorite, Brown soft Shoe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmIdCpkRGbc


2 posted on 08/22/2016 6:06:55 AM PDT by Beowulf9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

His harmonica touches your soul. What an incredible musician he was, is, forever.


3 posted on 08/22/2016 6:08:29 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

Toots Thielemans - Midnight cowboy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb-5aQ1EIgc


4 posted on 08/22/2016 6:08:50 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

Really loved this guy. Great pick, soulful.

RIP to a great artist.


5 posted on 08/22/2016 6:13:39 AM PDT by Beowulf9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

For Paul Simon fans he is best known because of the song ´I do it for your love´ on which he played a wonderful harmonica solo.

He also went on tour with Paul and appeared at the ´Paul Simon special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8v2j4lJJZY


6 posted on 08/22/2016 6:15:21 AM PDT by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...
“Midnight Cowboy”(1969)

And don't forget Seinfeld's The Mom and Pop Store


7 posted on 08/22/2016 6:16:42 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

**The cause was complications from a fall,**

People like this die from a fall, and others run for president.


8 posted on 08/22/2016 6:17:24 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

Absolutely one of the greatest musicians of the 20th & 21st century. He lit it up everywhere he played and in many, many different venues and styles.


9 posted on 08/22/2016 6:20:11 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I had a cool idea for a new tagline and I forgot it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Attention Surplus Disorder

One of the great improvisers: fluid, melodic, elegant harmonies.


10 posted on 08/22/2016 6:25:26 AM PDT by Salvey
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

I just sent it to my son who plays an amazing blues harp.


11 posted on 08/22/2016 6:36:43 AM PDT by Mercat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

He was an amazing musician who made a simple instrument sound like any instrument from the horn section. Throughout my life I always enjoyed to hear Toots’ melodies on the harmonica. It is the closest instrument to the human voice. Rest in peace.


12 posted on 08/22/2016 6:39:03 AM PDT by NY Cajun (I contributed to her pink slip this morning.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

One of the greats.

Pat Metheny and Toots Thielemans - Always and Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcAkEl6AV5Y


13 posted on 08/22/2016 6:41:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

sorry to hear this news.

RIP.

will listen to him on some Quincy Jones albums today.


14 posted on 08/22/2016 6:49:44 AM PDT by thinden
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuS6-Iksx4w


15 posted on 08/22/2016 6:58:59 AM PDT by rhinohunter (Dear OANN: PLEASE move the lovely Liz Wheeler up by 1 hour)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

One of the giants. RIP.


16 posted on 08/22/2016 7:58:57 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

Firts heard of Toots on a John Denver alblum back kn the mid-70’s. I was trying to learn the harmonica at the time (failed miserably). RIP.


17 posted on 08/22/2016 8:36:36 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Everybody

...and this catchy tune by “the whistler & his guitar”

Toots Thielemans - Bluesette (1962)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi4G6UmYK9U


18 posted on 08/22/2016 1:21:50 PM PDT by deks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Beowulf9

Greatest harp player since Pigpen.


19 posted on 08/22/2016 5:38:48 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Hooorah.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

Poignant!


20 posted on 08/22/2016 5:46:18 PM PDT by Yardstick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson