In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

Howard Levy’s played the harmonica for almost 50 years. He’s really the first to turn the diatonic harmonica into a jazz instrument. And yet, he’s still trying to figure it out. He hears John Popper, ...

Handout photo provided by Espafrika and taken on March 30, 2012 shows British jazz musician, Adam Glasser performing at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival. - AFP Photo CAPE TOWN: Adam Glasser ...

Adam Glasser has forged his career in jazz by ­re-interpreting classics from his native South Africa on his chromatic harmonica, a surprisingly challenging instrument he never expected to take up.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, ... Telarc Blues culls their considerable holdings to provide a wholly satisfying collection of contemporary blues harmonica by contemporary and ...

Adam Glasser has forged his career in jazz by re-interpreting classics from South Africa on his chromatic harmonica, a surprisingly challenging instrument he never expected to take up. “Harmonica can ...

Thielemans also made a mark on pop culture with solos on movies and the theme for TV's 'Sesame Street.' Belgian musician Toots Thielemans, who turned the lowly harmonica into a virtuoso jazz ...

Williamson’s 40-plus-year career as a harmonica player has taken him from the streets of the Great Brook Valley Housing Projects of Worcester, MA to memorable performances around the world. Reflecting ...

Listen • 3:49 20160822_atc_toots_thielemans_jazz_harmonica_baron_has_died.mp3 Jean-Baptiste “Toots” Thielemans, the Belgian-American musician who cut a singular ...

Toots Thielemans, a jazz harmonica player, guitarist and whistler whose 1961 composition “Bluesette” became a jazz standard, has died, the Associated Press reported Monday. He was 94. Belgian ...

Jean-Baptiste “Toots” Thielemans, whose unrivalled mastery of the harmonica led to collaborations with jazz luminaries such as Montreal pianist Oscar Peterson and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and whose ...