Toots Thielemans: Still a Joy at 90

MUSICYou’ve heard multi-talented Toots whistling the Old Spice jingle, playing harmonica on “Bluesette” and on the theme from “Midnight Cowboy,” and playing guitar in the George Shearing Quartet.  He celebrated his recent birthday with a six-concert tour across his homeland, Belgium.

Click here to read more. And here’s a 2009 video of Toots playing “Bluesette” at Night of the Proms (Ahoy, Rotterdam,  Netherlands).  [E-mail subscribers: click on the title of this post to come to the blog and see the video.]

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