Toots Thielemans R.I.P.

[fabrisse]

I was never lucky enough to see him live. He had a club in Brussels, but we seemed only to hear about his appearances after they happened. He lived and played well into his 90s. It's not a common jazz instrument, but he did wonderful things with it.

His obituary in The Guardian

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[elainasaunt.livejournal.com]

I posted about this on Facebook as soon as I heard about it on Twitter, where it started trending a few hours after he died. And he was mentioned fondly at last night's Prom, which was a tribute to his old friend Quincy Jones.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish I'd been there. He was a unique musician.