Toots Thielemans

I love a good tune played on a harmonica. The sound, if well played, will send shivers down my spine. I know that there are a lot of blues harmonica players but that's not exactly the harmonica I'm talking about. I don't want a rhythm harmonica, I want a harmonica that tells me a story, a harmonica that is there to help me through some melancholic moments. Blues players can't do that. Toots Thielemans can. He is one of those rare harmonica players that is able to enhance the original songs with more feeling by playing the harmonica in his own unique way. To listen to his music can only be done at particular times. For me the ideal situation to listen to this would be on a Sunday afternoon. I'm still wearing my PJ's (no clue why and I'm not counting on changing that really). I have a glass of Corbières and through the window I can see fields and forest and (most important of all to get that melancholy feeling right) it's raining. And than I can listen to these wonderful sounds of : What are you doing the rest of your life, Imagine or Dat mistige rooie beest. To you all, Cheers and enjoy...