| LC control no. | n 82116354 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thielemans, Toots |
| Variant(s) | Thielemans, Jean Thielemans, J. (Jean) Thielmans, Jean Thielemans, Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidore |
| See also | Corporate body: Toots Thielemans Quartet |
| Located | La Hulpe (Belgium) |
| Birth date | 1922-04-29 |
| Death date | 2016-08-22 |
| Place of birth | Brussels (Belgium) |
| Place of death | Brussels (Belgium) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Harmonica players Guitarists Composers Jazz musicians Whistler |
| Found in | Birds 'n' bees, 1952 Author's Bluesette, 1973. BL database, 22 Mar. 2002 (hdg.: Thielmans, Jean) New Grove dict. of jazz (Thielemans, Toots (Jean Baptiste); b. Apr. 29, 1922, Brussels; Belgian harmonica player, guitarist, and whistler) Feather, L.G. Enc. of jazz in the 70's (Thielemans, Jean (Toots); b. Apr. 29, 1922, Brussels, Belgium; harmonica, guitar, whistler, composer) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 22, 2016 (Toots Thielemans; Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidore Thielemans; b. Apr. 29, 1922, Brussels; offered various explanations over the years for how he came to be known as Toots, sometimes saying he chose the name himself and at others saying it was given to him; whatever the truth, the name was apparently borrowed from two American jazz musicians, Nuncio Mondello and Salvador Camarata, who both went by Toots; d. Monday [Aug. 22, 2016], Brussels, aged 94; lived in La Hulpe; jazz harmonica player) |
| Invalid LCCN | nb2002030847 |
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