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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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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.

Listen • 3:49 20160822_atc_toots_thielemans_jazz_harmonica_baron_has_died.mp3 Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans, the Belgian-American musician who cut a singular ...

BRUSSELS (CBSNewYork/CBS News/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 ...

BRUSSELS (CBS/AP) -- Legendary 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 ...