It is time for New Music Friday. This week, we have got ambient jazz harp, late-aughts nostalgia and the return of a hip-hop legend. And that is where we're going to start handing it over to Daoud ...

Belgium's jazz musician Toots Thielemans has decided to retire together with his trademark harmonica at age 91. Thielemans made the announcement on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, on the eve of a concert ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

For the layman, the annual Earshot Jazz Festival can be a little daunting. Jazz has never been the most easily accessible genre for casual listeners, and having dozens of concerts spread around the ...

One of the loveliest sounds heard on record in 2020 was the pluck and shimmer of Brandee Younger’s harp, tracing out the melodies of classic songs like the Stylistics’ “You Make Me Feel Brand New” and ...

Toots Thielemans, a jazz harmonica player, guitarist and whistler whose 1961 composition “Bluesette” became a jazz standard, has died, the Associated Press reported Monday. He was 94. Belgian ...

Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans, the Belgian-American musician who cut a singular path as a jazz harmonica player, died in his sleep Monday in his hometown of Brussels. He was 94. He began his ...