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, ...

The harmonica may not be the first instrument you think of when it comes to jazz and soul music. But acclaimed French-born harmonica player Frederic Yonnet has used the instrument to transcend musical ...

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, ...

Exuding the joyousness and freedom of jazz, harmonica master Toots Thielemans and the estimable keyboardist Kenny Werner are blowing the blues away this week at Yoshi's. Making the duo a trio in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a matter of fact that in the history of Jazz the harmonica plays a role as small as its size and had to share its place in the polls with other miscellaneous instruments". These reasons make it ...

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Music often transcends boundaries and cultures, harmonising in tune with the collective consciousness of the audience. Though ...

BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgian harmonica player Toots Thielemans, whose illustrious career included playing with jazz greats like Miles Davis and whose solos have figured on numerous film scores, has died.