Toots Thielemans

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Toots Thielemans

Born April 29, 1922 · Brussels, Belgium

Died August 22, 2016 · aged 94

Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz historian Ted Gioia, his most important contribution was in "championing the humble harmonica", which Thielemans …

Known For

Midnight CowboyMidnight Cowboy · 1969
Midnight Cowboy
7.51969
MovieDrama
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
The GetawayThe Getaway · 1972
The Getaway
7.11972
MovieActionCrime
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Turkish DelightTurkish Delight · 1973
Turkish Delight
6.81973
MovieDramaRomance
Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
Manon of the SpringManon of the Spring · 1986
Manon of the Spring
7.61986
MovieDrama
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
The Sugarland ExpressThe Sugarland Express · 1974
The Sugarland Express
6.61974
MovieCrimeDrama
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
One Woman or TwoOne Woman or Two · 1985
One Woman or Two
5.51985
MovieComedyRomance
An ad executive impersonates an archeology professor to avoid a situation with an obsessed former lover. She enlists the help of a hapless archeologist who is at the airport to pick the real archeology professor. What follows is a series of conflicting and comical situations involving the "switcheroo."
Jean de FloretteJean de Florette · 1986
Jean de Florette
7.71986
MovieDrama
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.
Dunderklumpen!Dunderklumpen! · 1974
Dunderklumpen!
6.51974
MovieAdventureAnimation
Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends.

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Billy Joel: Live At Wembley ArenaBilly Joel: Live At Wembley Arena · 1984
Billy Joel: Live At Wembley Arena
8.01984
MovieMusic
Billy Joel Live At Wembley Arena, London 06-06-1984. This is part of An Innocent Man Tour. Set List: Prelude/Angry Young Man, My Life, Piano Man, Don't Ask Me Why, Allenton, Goodnight Saigon, Pressure, Leave A Tender Moment Alone, An Innocent Man, The Longest Time, This Night, Just The Way You Are, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Sometimes A Fantasy, It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me, Uptown Girl, Big Shot, Tell Her About It, You May Be Right, Only The Good Die Young. The band includes Frank Simms, Peter Huwlett on backing vocals, a three-piece brass section of Larry Etkin, Bob Livingood, Glenn Stulpin and Toots Thielemans on harmonica as well as Joel's touring/recording band of Liberty DeVitto (drums, percussion), Doug Stegmeyer (bass), Russell Javors (rhythm guitar), David LeBolt (keyboards), David Brown (lead guitar) and Mark Rivera (saxophones, percussion)

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