Results for "harmonica"

Bill Lupkin Blues Band

In the Chicago blues harp club, Bill Lupkin has the chops, the tone, the attitude and the dues paid in full for Real Deal status. Fort Wayne, Indiana product Lupkin made his way to Chicago at the end of the 1960s in quest of the blues scene, which was then most often found in unpretentious south and west side clubs. There he fell in with the Aces, and when the legendary Jimmy Rogers emerged from retirement and teamed up with Johnny Littlejohn, Lupkin took the harp chair, finding himself on the bandstand backing his idols like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Junior Wells, often at Ma Bea’s at Madison and Sacramento

Tommy Morgan

Tommy Morgan is the most "heard" harmonica player in the world today. As a composer, arranger and performer, his resume includes television, motion pictures and pop albums, including recording with such diverse artists as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Michael Crawford. In September, 2010, Tommy celebrates 60 years as a recording musician in Hollywood (first "session" in September 1950 with the Andrews Sisters for Decca Records). Long time first call in the studio recording industry, he has played on over 7000 sessions, recording for motion pictures, television, records, CDs and commercials. With reruns throughout the world of the long running television series "Green Acres", "Sanford and Son", "The Waltons", "The Rockford Files", "The Dukes of Hazard", "The Newhart Show" and "China Beach", performances on hit records "Good Vibrations" (The Beach Boys), "Rainy Days and Mondays" (The Carpenters), "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Hollies) and others, as well as a solo performance on The Academy Awards 2000 television broadcast (estimated audience one billion), his harmonica playing has been heard by more people than any other player in history. As a performer, he has given four command performances, and has appeared in concert in over 30 countries

Sue Hubal

Harmonica

Jay Gaunt

Born: March 20, 1994

See www.jaygaunt.com

Phil Berkowitz

Born: September 15, 1965

Phil Berkowitz, a San Francisco Bay Area based blues harmonica player and vocalist, has brought his unique and energetic musical style to audiences for over a decade. His most recent venture, a CD entitled “All Night Party,” testifies to the talent and dedication of this exciting, young performer. Phil Berkowitz demonstrates creativity and a powerful drive to entertain audiences of all ages with his dynamic vocals and blues-soaked harmonica riffs. Backed by seasoned musicians in his nationally touring band, he rigorously seeks venues in which to share his passion for the blues with those who appreciate the roots of today's popular music. Phil is a New Jersey native and the 4th child in a family of six

Jan Verwey

Born: February 24, 1936

Angelo Adamo

Please allow me to introduce myself; I am primarily a harmonica player but I also play other instruments as well such as piano, guitar and some percussion. I am also a composer and also experiment with vocals. In anycase, I will always and firstmost be a harmonica player. I am overall interested in the use of the chromatic harmonica with generes of music such as jazz and classical music. I have been a demonstrator for the italian division of Hohner harmonicas and am presently a SUZUKI ENDORSER. I have recorded two complete works, QUANTA where I play as a solo artist and FILM CIECHI. QUANTA contains fifteen of my compositions and is dedicated to the themes of nature and physics, showing the possibilty of communication between the two worlds and human beings

Sebastien Charlier

Born: October 25, 1971

1991-2000 PAUL BEUSCHER's MUISC SCHOOL : teacher of harmonica, banjo and modern harmony
1997-2001 YAMAHA MUSIC France : musicien, demonstrator of wind controler MIDI WX5 (electronic sax)
Since 2002 Participant to the Festival Blues sur Seine with Nicolas Espinasse (guitar) : discovering of harmonica to pupils, show of pupils as the first part of jazz concerts
1995 ALBUM « Impasse des Mousserons » : electric spirit/patchwork Jazz with the guitare player Nicolas Espinasse
1997 VIDEO « Harmo Jazz » : pedagogical material to initiate to Jazz harmonica and improvisation
1998 ALBUM « Just Jazz » : 9 standarts of jazz interpretated in accoustic with N

Wim Dijkgraaf

Born: October 4, 1970

Wim is concidered one of the leading jazz harmonica players on this planet. Born 4-10-1970 in The Netherlands, Wim played organ, clarinet and slide- trombone when just a kid. Later he studied Composition, Contemporary Music at the conservatory of Tilburg, NL, with the Rumanian composer Alexandru Hrisanide. At this stage he also immersed himself in the world of jazz harmonica intensively; a trip that lasted for seven years. After four sabbatical years he picked up the thread again in 2002. He is active in both Europe and Brasil as a contemporary composer and harmonica player in various formations

Chris Harper

“Swississippi Chris” Harper has followed his passion to become the thing he believes he was destined to be, a bluesman. It’s a long road from the “Gold Coast” of Zurich, Switzerland to Chicago, but to Chris Harper it was always just a dream away. Music was always a big part of his life; he played flute as a 5-year-old and later learned harmonica. As a teenager, he toiled as an apprentice learning offset printing by day, and he played bass in a variety of jazz & rock bands at night. In his twenties, he pursued two zen-like adventures -- living on the beach and surfing in Sri Lanka, followed by a hitch-hike journey from New York City to San Diego. Later, he visited Chicago, where hearing live blues had a very deep impact on him