URI(s)
Variants
- Thielemans, Jean
- Thielemans, J. (Jean)
- Thielmans, Jean
- Thielemans, Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidore
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1922-04-29
Death Date
- 2016-08-22
Birth Place
- Brussels (Belgium)
Field of Activity
Occupation
Whistler
Additional Related Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Thielemans, Jean
Sources
- found: Birds 'n' bees, 1952
- found: Author's Bluesette, 1973.
- found: BL database, 22 Mar. 2002(hdg.: Thielmans, Jean)
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Thielemans, Toots (Jean Baptiste); b. Apr. 29, 1922, Brussels; Belgian harmonica player, guitarist, and whistler)
- found: Feather, L.G. Enc. of jazz in the 70's(Thielemans, Jean (Toots); b. Apr. 29, 1922, Brussels, Belgium; harmonica, guitar, whistler, composer)
- found: 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)
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Change Notes
- 1982-11-27: new
- 2018-06-02: revised
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