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Toots Thielemans, a Jazz Legend

Toots Thielemans, a Jazz Legend

2008 · 52 min · Documentary, Music

Everyone knows Toots Thielemans, the musician who won the world over with his harmonica, his unique smile and his famous song “Bluesette”. Yet few know who he really is. His life is extraordinary – from his childhood in the Marolles, a working-class neighbourhood in Brussels, to the full house at Carnegie Hall in New York at the age of 84 in 2006.

Directed by Thierry Loreau

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