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 ...

Sonny Clark could play 50 bars of continuous eighth notes and I wouldn't lose interest. That's why he's so important to me. If I were to start playing some other instrument besides harmonica and vibes ...

When I started to put this list together, first I wanted to think about the harmonica players that had an impact on my playing, on my musical journey. The three harmonica players I mention—Sonny Boy ...

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 ...

Matthias Bröde, born in Karlsruhe, Germany, is a composer, improviser, jazz harmonicist and pianist. NEWS: THREE NEW ALBUMS WITH THREE DIFFERENT LINE UPS ARE RECENTLEY RECORDED AND READY TO BE ...

Over the past decade, Swiss musician Gregoire Maret has redefined the role of the harmonica in modern jazz. After cutting his teeth as a sideman for some the biggest names in jazz, he's now taken ...

Toots Thielemans, the jazz harmonica virtuoso perhaps best known to general audiences for his iconic theme music for "Sesame Street," died Monday at age 94, his management company confirmed.

Jazz harmonica virtuosos are not exactly in abundance, which should make Chicagoans feel fortunate that one of the most revered has been based here for decades. Even so, Howard Levy continues to ...

At the next concert, Normand Glaude, who is something of a renaissance man in Ottawa’s jazz community, will make an overdue return to his first musical love — the harmonica. Glaude, 48, is arguably ...

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 ...

Toots Thielemans , who has died aged 94, was a Belgian jazz musician best known for his harmonica and guitar playing and his virtuoso whistling; in a career spanning some 70 years he played with many ...

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. He was 94. By ...