David Herzhaft is a pioneer and new generation harmonica player, pushing the limits of the diatonic harmonica further and blending it into new styles. Using bends and overbends his standard tuned ...

When it comes to the harmonica, French-born jazz harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet knows how to turn skeptics into believers. Most people perceive the harmonica as a “side” instrument used in country and ...

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 ...

Harmonicas were commonly called “French harps” or “mouth organs” and mountain men played them superbly. Some still do, though such old-fashioned music is not nearly as common as it was before and ...