BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian musician Toots Thielemans, who turned the lowly harmonica into a virtuoso jazz instrument during an illustrious career that saw him perform with such legends as Charlie Parker, ...

There are instruments immediately recognized as well suited for playing jazz – trumpet, saxophone, vibes, etc. Harmonica? Maybe not so much. Other than Toots Thielemans or maybe Larry Adler, jazz harp ...

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year. This is ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Legendary jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans died Monday in Belgium at the age of 94, Belgian media reported. Broadcaster RTL reported that his manager, Veerle Van de Poel, said ...

When one thinks of the jazz harmonica, two names immediately come to mind, the late great Toots Thielemans and the incomparable Hendrik Meurkens whose new project The Jazz Meurkengers fully captures ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Toots Thielemans, the Belgian jazz harmonica and guitar player who worked with many of the postwar greats, died on Monday aged 94, his agency said. Born in Brussels in 1922, ...

For one of the most unusual sets ever recorded of Thelonious Monk’s music, the jazz and blues harmonica great Randy Weinstein explores seven of Monk’s enduring favorites on HarmoniMonk. Teamed on ...

The good news for jazz harmonica players has always been the same: The work doesn't require any heavy lifting. The bad news? There is no work. Fortunately, the chief exponents of the instrument, such ...

Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans, the Belgian-American musician who cut a singular path as a jazz harmonica player, died in his sleep Monday in his hometown of Brussels. He was 94. He began his ...