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Date: 30 April 1922
Toots Thielemans Birthday, Date of Birth
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans ([tuts tiləmans]), was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for playing the chromatic harmonica, 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 made into a "legitimate voice in jazz". He eventually became the "preeminent" jazz harmonica player.
His first professional performances were with Benny Goodman's band when they toured Europe in 1949 and 1950. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1951, becoming a citizen in 1957. From 1953 to 1959 he played with George Shearing, and then led his own groups on tours in the U.S. and Europe. In 1961 he recorded and performed live one of his own compositions, "Bluesette", which featured him playing guitar and whistling. In the 1970s and 1980s, he continued touring and recording, appearing with musicians such as Oscar Peterson, Elis Regina, Caetano Veloso, Ella Fitzgerald, Ivan Lins, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Werner, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Mina Mazzini, Elis Regina, Quincy Jones, George Shearing, Natalie Cole, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, and Paquito D'Rivera.
Thielemans recorded the soundtracks for The Pawnbroker (1964), The Reivers (1969), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Getaway (1972), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Sugarland Express (1974) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). His harmonica theme song for the popular Sesame Street TV show was heard for 40 years. He often performed and recorded with Quincy Jones, who once called him "one of the greatest musicians of our time." In 2009 he was designated a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor for a jazz musician in the United States.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Saturday, April 29, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Age
- 103
- Star Sign
- ♉
The April 29, 1922 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 118 day of the year. President of the United States was Warren G. Harding.
If you were born on this day, you are 103 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 138 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in 226 days. You have lived for 37,759 days, or about 906,224 hours, or about 54,373,486 minutes, or about 3,262,409,160 seconds.
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29th of April 1922 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 29, 1922
NEW NAVAL FITNESS RULE.; British Officers May Be Retired for "Peculiarity of Temper."
Date: 29 April 1922
Copyright, 1922, by The New York Times Company. By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
New rule on fitness of officers; officers may be retired for "peculiarity of temper,"
NEW NAVAL FITNESS RULE.; British Officers May Be Retired for "Peculiarity of Temper."
Date: 29 April 1922
Copyright, 1922, by The New York Times Company. By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
New rule on fitness of officers; officers may be retired for "peculiarity of temper,"
NEW NAVAL FITNESS RULE.; British Officers May Be Retired for "Peculiarity of Temper."
Date: 29 April 1922
Copyright, 1922, by The New York Times Company. By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
New rule on fitness of officers; officers may be retired for "peculiarity of temper,"
NEW NAVAL FITNESS RULE.; British Officers May Be Retired for "Peculiarity of Temper."
Date: 29 April 1922
Copyright, 1922, by The New York Times Company. By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
New rule on fitness of officers; officers may be retired for "peculiarity of temper,"
NEW NAVAL FITNESS RULE.; British Officers May Be Retired for "Peculiarity of Temper."
Date: 29 April 1922
Copyright, 1922, by The New York Times Company. By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
New rule on fitness of officers; officers may be retired for "peculiarity of temper,"