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Toots Thielemans. Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans ([tuts tiləmans]), was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for playing the chromatic harmonica, as well as his guitar and whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz historian Ted ...
This is a list of musicians that are notable for their harmonica playing skills.
Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. [1] His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally ...
Pages in category "Jazz harmonica players" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Frédéric Yonnet (born 30 April 1973) is a French musician, producer and recording artist who is best known for his use of the harmonica as a lead in jazz, R&B, funk, gospel and hip-hop influenced music. His ability to play chromatic scales on a diatonic harmonica gives him access to twice as many notes as the instrument is designed to deliver.
Richard Salwitz[1] (born May 13, 1945), known as Magic Dick, is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J. Geils Band. [2] In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet (the first instrument he learned) [3] and saxophone.
The track also appeared on their debut album The Sound of 65 (EMI Columbia, March 1965). In 1965, the band appeared as themselves in the film Gonks Go Beat, where they played two songs including "Harmonica". The band's fourth 45 featured the single-only tracks "Lease on Love" / "My Heart's in Little Pieces" (July 1965).
Jaco Pastorius. John Francis " Jaco " Pastorius III (/ ˈdʒɑːkoʊ pæˈstɔːriəs /; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) [1] was an American jazz bassist, composer, and producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential bassists of all time, [2] Pastorius recorded albums as a solo artist, band leader, and as a member ...