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Toots Thielemans • Contrasts + Guitar and Strings … and Thingss

 



Rarely has one performer combined such an array of extraordinary talents as this remarkable master musician and entertainer—Toots Thielemans - A virtuoso guitarist with a brilliant style that is all his own… a pioneering master of the harmonica, creator of a superb jazz style.. - A whistler who turned this common, everyday practice into a full-fledged part of his musical arrangements, and a composer of delightfully unforgettable melodies as Bluesette - Here is the ingenious Toots Thielemans in a set of recordings woven together in arrangements which are full of constantly changing colors.

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Rara vez un intérprete ha combinado una variedad de talentos extraordinarios como este notable maestro músico y artista: Toots Thielemans - Un guitarrista virtuoso con un estilo brillante que es todo suyo master un maestro pionero de la armónica, creador de un magnífico estilo de jazz.. - Un silbador que convirtió esta práctica común y cotidiana en una parte integral de sus arreglos musicales, y un compositor de melodías deliciosamente inolvidables como Bluesette - Aquí están los ingeniosos Toots Thielemans en un conjunto de grabaciones entretejidas en arreglos que están llenos de colores en constante cambio.


Tracklisting:

01 - Big Boy (Thielemans) 2:21
02 - Sweet Georgia Brown(Bernie-Pinkard-Casey) 3:05
03 - Yesterday and Today (Thielemans) 2:28
04 - So Nice (Summer Samba) (Valle-Valle-Gimbel) 2:30
05 - Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim-Tobias-Lemare) 3:48
06 - Spanish Flea (Wechter) 2:20
07 - Makin’ Whoopee (Kahn-Donaldson) 3:25
08 - Royal Garden Blues (Williams-Williams) 2:48
09 - Bluesette (Thielemans) 2:55
10 - Blue Lady (Thielemans) 2:23
11 - You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (Kahal-Fain-Norman) 3:31
12 - Cherokee (Noble) 3:22
13 - The Continental (Magidson-Conrad) 2:53
14 - Autumn Leaves (Mercer-Prevert-Kosma) 2:59
15 - I Wonder Why (Thielemans) 2:18
16 - Sunny (Hebb) 3:17
17 - A Man and a Woman (Lai-Barouh-Keller) 3:07
18 - Quarter to Five (Thielemans) 2:20
19 - I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) 2:42
20 - Wave (Jobim) 2:45
21 - Stuck Up (Bunch) 3:00
22 - Thoroughly Modern Millie (Cahn-Van Heusen) 2:21
23 - What Kind of Fool Am I? (Newlwy-Bricuse) 2:40
24 - So What’s New? (Lee-Pisano) 2:50


Sources:
Tracks #1-12, from the Command album
"Contrasts.. - The Provocative Musical Genius
of Toots Thielemans" (RS 906 SD)
Tracks #13-24, from the Command album
"Guitar and Strings.. - And Things" (RS 918 SD)

Personnel on tracks #1,3,7,9:
Toots Thielemans and His Orchestra, arranged & conducted by Jack Andrews
Toots Thielemans (guitar, harmonica & whistle), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), George Duvivier (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums), and a 13-piece string section.

Personnel on tracks #2,5,12:
Toots Thielemans Orchestra, arranged & conducted by Don Sebesky
Toots Thielemans (harmonica & guitar), Al Casamenti (guitar), Phil Kraus (vibraphone), George Duvivier (bass), Ed Shaughnessy (drums), Phil Bodner (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax), plus a four trombone section -


Personnel on tracks #4,6,8,10,11:
Toots Thielemans Quintet
Toots Thielemans (guitar, harmonica & whistle), Al Casamenti (guitar), Phil Kraus (vibraphone), George Duvivier (bass), Grady Tate (drums).

All tracks recorded at Fine Recording Studios, New York City, in 1966

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Personnel on tracks #13-17,19-23:
Toots Thielemans' String Orchestra and Girls' Voices, arranged & conducted by Jack Andrews
Toots Thielemans (guitar), featuring Phil Bodner (flute), Phil Kraus (vibes, marimba & vibra-snap), Bucky Pizzarelli, Al Casamenti (guitars), and Bill Lavorgna (drums)

Personnel on tracks #18 & 24:
Toots Thielemans and His Orchestra, arranged & conducted by Jack Andrews
Toots Thielemans (guitar), Mike Manieri (vibraphone), Dave Carey (xylophone & beabang), George Duvivier (bass), Grady Tate (drums), string section.

All tracks recorded at Fine Recording Studios, New York City, in 1967


Total time: 69:00 min - approx.
Label: Fresh Sound
Recorded 1966 & 1967
Released 2014

 

 

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