Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Toots Thielemans In New Orleans (2001) Rating: Starring: Fred Hersch, Adam Nussbaum, Harvie Swartz, Toots Thielemans Director: Category: Music Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: Length: 59 mins     You can't imagine Toots Thielemans in a bad mood. He is a man who is completely content with his life and work, and his personality reflects this joie de vivre almost as much as his music. He is quite simply the greatest, and probably the first, jazz harmonica player. Born in Brussels, Belgium, his first instrument was guitar, which he taught himself to play . In 1948, he journeyed to America and joined the George Shearing Quintet. He subsequently recorded with countless American jazz greats, including Sonny Rollins and Bill Evans. For this recording he surrounds himself with a surging rhythm section featuring Fred Hersch, piano; Harvie Swartz, bass; and Adam Nussbaum, drums. Toots Thielemans In New Orleans was recorded before a live audience at Lulu White's Mahogany Hall on Bourbon Street, showing this great artist in top form. With this DVD, discover the man who brought an exciting new sound to the soulful world of jazz.