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 ...

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 ...

Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the harmonica has long been the perfect instrument for a nation on the move. Its popularity has waxed and waned, and it's ...

The art of Howard Levy has many facets, and several will come into a richly deserved spotlight this weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club. Everyone in jazz knows that Chicagoan Levy stands at 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 ...

Video shows actor Bruce Willis jamming out on the harmonica and belting out a song during a jazz show at the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem last week. Willis — the 64-year-old star of such flicks as ...

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, ...

Jean-Baptiste Frederic Isidore Thielemans, known affectionately as “Toots”, died in his sleep in a Brussels hospital early on Monday. He was 94. Born in 1922 in the working-class Marolles district of ...

Jazz Harmonica at the Beach featuring Slide Man Slim & Penny Hanna. Just across from the Cement Ship next to the Beach Shack. http://www.slidemanslim.com/schedule ...