JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE Toots Thielemans Instrument: Harmonica Born: Brussels, Belgium "It's fate that I became a musician. I studied math. I was supposed to become an engineer or professor. If it hadn't been for jazz, I'd still be in Belgium." - Toots Thielemans DownBeat Back to Artists Toots Thielemans 2000 From the JazzFest Program Biography: