Toots Thielemans European Quartet: 90 Years

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NEA Jazz Master and harmonica playing legend Toots Thielemans turned 90 in April 2012, and the milestone has been marked by an exhibition, a street-naming in his honor and a couple of releases. The double-CD Yesterdays and Todays (Dreyfus, 2012) contained 37 previously unreleased recordings spanning a remarkable 65 years, from 1946 to 2011. Then in September, the Lincoln Center paid tribute to Thielemans in a concert where the maestro was joined by pianists m: Herbie Hancock and m: Kenny Werner, bassist m: Marc Johnson, pianist/vocalist m: Eliane Elias, guitarist/vocalist m: Dori Caymmi and guitarist m: Oscar Castro-Neves. Finally, Toots 90 (Challenge Records, 2012) captures the great man live between 2006 and 2011, and sounding in very good nick indeed...

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