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, ...

GARDNER — Chet Williamson and Jimmy Morrell will jazz it up Sunday at the Gardner Ale House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Williamson, in an interview with the Sentinel & Enterprise last week, talked about ...

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 ...

Brian Conigliaro - Guitar, Voice & Harmonica, Michael Goetz - Bass, Hiroshi Yamazaki -Piano, Ron Vincent on Drums. Advance ...

Says Branch, “I view [comping] as important as soloing because it’s a challenge. A lot of harmonica players, they only look at the solo aspect. But to be able to enhance the rhythm section or the ...

The Jazz Depot will have the blues this weekend with two events that highlight some of the area's best talent. First is the Fifth Harmonica Summit, set for Saturday starting at 11 a.m. The day ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRUSSELS-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, has ...

BRUSSELS — 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, has ...

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