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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

His solos appeared on the film scores of 'Midnight Cowboy,' 'The Getaway' and 'Sugarland Express' and in the 'Sesame Street' theme music. By The Associated Press Belgian harmonica player Toots ...

Harmonica fans who enjoy the handiwork of local legends Jim Liban and Steve Cohen will want to The Jazz Estate, 2423 N. Murray Ave., Thursday night to absorb the unique stylings of harp virtuoso ...

Brian Byrnes, who ran a construction business and raised a family in Marin before focusing on music, makes his debut as a band leader on this EP with his jazz trio. Byrnes wrote two of the record’s ...

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 ...

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 ...