Toots Thielemans viert negentigste verjaardag met unieke concertreeks in België 2012 wordt het jaar van Toots Thielemans. Belgiës jazzmonument en levende legende wordt 90 in april. De organisatie TOOTS90, een samenwerking tussen evenementenbureau The Academy en het management van Toots Thielemans, wil die verjaardag met de gepaste luister vieren. Speciaal voor zijn verjaardag zal Toots [...]
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Toots in Tokyo
Toots and his European Quartet have just returned from a wonderful tour in Tokyo, Japan. At the last concert, we managed to film a special piece of music – The Dragon from the movie Japanese movie “Yasha”. Toots composed this theme especially for the movie and now, especially for his Japanese fans, performed it live. [...]
Dinant Jazz Nights
Toots and Kenny Werner having fun on stage after a beautiful concert at the Dinant Jazz Nights on July, 16th. Photo: Dirk Stockmans
Belgian City of Vorst names street after Toots
On June 22, 2011, the “Toots Thielemansstraat” in Vorst-Forest ( Brussels ) was officially inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of the Governement of the Metropolitan District of Brussels and of the French-speaking community: Evelyne Huytenbroeck.
In memoriam
Dirk Godts and Miel Vanattenhoven will always be remembered
Toots plants Tree in Inowroclaw
It is a local tradition in Inowroclaw that visiting celebrities get to plant a tree and during his tour in Poland, Toots was asked by the mayor to plant a tree in the local park. This is the first tree that was planted by a Jazz musician. [...]
