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Blues, Folk and Celtic Harmonica Performers
- Adam Gussow from Satan & Adam
- Aníbal Repetto - Argentine blues harp player.
- Beth Kohnen - female blues harmonica player.
- Blues Bands Online - Bluesboys collection.
- Blues Fools
- Brendan Power - Celtic and traditional music player taking the world by storm with his playing
- Bruno Kowalczyk - celtic music from France on all types of harmonica.
- Cadijo - French gypsy blues and harp
- Carlos Del Junco - 1996 Blues Musician of the Year
- Charlie McCoy - The best country harmonica player
- Charlie Musselwhite and his agency and gigs
- Cyril Davies - father of the UK blues harp
- Dan O'Connell from Washington, USA
- David Toussaint - London pro musician, community worker and teacher.
- Deford Bailey - one of the most influential of the early players
- Dennis "The Harmaniac" Cooper's Friends and Players page - possibly the best collection of links to harmonica players
- Don Baker, Irish rock/blues harmonica player and actor.
- Donald Black, Scottish Celtic Harmonica player.
- Roy Hugman, Northumberland moothie players like Ernie Gordon.
- Eddie Martin - a great blues harp/guitar player from Bristol, UK.
- Fabrizio Poggi - folk harmonica player and music researcher from Northern Italy
- Giles Hedley - has been singing and playing blues across UK and Europe since the sixties
- Giles King - NHL member and harp player with Lightnin' Willie and the Poorboys, and Hucklebuck
- Gonzalo Araya - blues on diatonic and chromatic from Chile
- Harmonica Buzz - inspired by DeFord Baily
- Harmonica Lewinsky - Robert Ryan plays in Scotland
- Ian Briggs - an NHL champion who has returned to the harmonica after running a restaurant.
- The David Raphael Band - David Raphael on vocals, keyboards, and harmonica.
- James Cotton - Mr Superharp is still touring at the age of 70.
- James Thurgood - a Celtic performer, with roots in Cape Breton.
- Jason Ricci - and New Blood, from Nashville, Blues and Jazz overblow/overdraw player
- Jefferson Gonçalves - a blues player from Brazil
- Jerry Portnoy - ex-Muddy Waters player plus tuition course
- JJ Milteau - a great French blues harp player.
- Joe Filisko - American player & harmonica customiser.
- John Coster - integrates traditional music with original songs. Listen to the song: 'The Dream of the Golden Toad' on the 'music' page at: www.johncoster.com
- John Mayall - living proof of the UK blues scene for over 40 years. Plus the unofficial site
- Alan Glen - The Barcodes, a funky blues and jazz outfit.
- John O'Leary - one of the first UK blues harp player with Savoy Brown in the 1960s and still working with his own band
- John Popper - has a distinctive style & likes to play fast
- Keiran Docherty - Rev Doc and the Congregation. Former NHL Champion
- Kim Wilson and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and his Blue Collar record label
- Lee Oskar Bio page
- Lee Sankey - one of the best and most inovative players in the UK. Don't miss the Lee Sankey big band if you get a chance to see them.
- LynAnn Hyde from Oregon plays blues harp with guitarist Stu Kinzel.
- Mark Feltham of the original Nine Below Zero
- Mat Walklate - The Mouchers - The Sturdy Beggars - versatile modern and Celtic harmonica player.
- Terry Carter - and his Rhythm, Boogie and Blues band from Kent.
- Mickey Raphael - Harp player with Willie Nelson.
- Pete Hope-Evans - worked with the Who & known on the sessions circuit
- Pierre Dacquin - French player playing a range of styles, including Country & Western
- Robert Ivacic - from Slovenia.
- Rob Paparozzi - US session player, Jake with the Original Blues Brothers Band, and member of The Hudson River Rats.
- Sandra Vazquez - Female Argentinian blues player
- Sonny Boy Williamson II Sonny Boy's Lonesome Cabin - Bill Donoghue AKA 'fessor Mojo's great tribute to this fascinating man and his music.
- Steve Baker, gigs, and instructional books and CDs.
- The Blue Flame Cafe an interactive biographical encyclopedia of the great blues singers and singers of the blues, including some of harp players.
- The Lyndon Anderson Band - Harmonica driven Funk, Soul and Blues
- The William Clarke Tribute Site : Lots of photos
- Tim Corbett plays with Gentleman Tim & The Contenders, from Surrey.
- Blues In Russia, a site created in Russian by Fedor Romanenko, with great collection of Russian and World blues artists. Discographies and lyrics are in English
- Val Tomato Brazilian player
- Wanderin' Wilf Taylor - Richard Taylor tuition site.
- Whiskey River - Teacher Aidan Sheehan plays Louisiana-style zydeco music, deep south-style blues and good rocking country sounds
- Will Tang - singer, guitarist, and harp player from Rochdale, Lancashire
- Blues Fools - Vocals blues band from Hungary/Europe with some mp3 & real audio tracks
- Maria Coyote - Female singer, guitarist & harp player
- Blue Slim - Japanese Chicago Blues enthusiast.
- www.bligginsandgoines.com Bliggins and Goines are a guitar and harmonica duo playing and singing country blues, americana and folk music from New Jersey, USA.
- Jan van Gastel's Blues Page with information on his band and equipment with a review of the videos and books he learned from.
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Classical, Jazz, Groups, and Modern Performers
Classical
- Larry Adler, the best perfomer/entertainer. He gave regular concerts for 70 years, but died in August 2001 at the age of 87.
- Tommy Reilly - a giant of the chromatic harmonica who died September 2000, aged 81.
- Ronald Chesney - harmonica genius
- Max Geldray - Max led the way as the first jazz harmonica player.
- Harry Pitch has been a leading band leader, session man, and harmonica player for over 50 years.
- Franz Chmel - a Austrian performer, widely regarded as having the most advanced chromatic technique.
- Willi Burger
- Yew Hong-Yen Classical player from Singapore
- Robert Bonfiglio - a US harmonica virtuoso
- Jean Labre A wonderfully informative site
- Sigmund Groven - a Norwegian chromatic player who studied and worked with Tommy Reilly.
- Anthony Lau - a chromatic soloists who joined the Chinese YMCA Harmonica Orchestra in 1956 in Hong Kong and is now in Canada.
- Edu de gaita - Brazilian classical virtuoso
- Claude Saubestre - a French classical player.
- Claude Garden - a French classical and recently jazz player
- Vincent van Rooyen - a South African soloist and leader of a Trio.
- Alexandre Thollon - a young versatile French winner of the 98 World Championship at Trossingen.
Jazz
- Toots Thielemans - the father of jazz harmonica
- Julian Jackson - classically trained UK jazz and session performer who studied under "Toots" Thielemans.
- Adam Glasser - London based pianist and chromatic jazz player and his his mySpace site.
- Harry Pitch has been a leading band leader, session man, and harmonica player for over 50 years.
- Graham Pike
- UK chromatic player, composer, musical director, producer for TV & Theatre
- Johnny Maxim - played for Hohner in London in the 50s and is still playing saxophone and harmonica around his home in Essex.
- Jens Bunge - a German Jazz chromatic player
- Hendrik Meurkens - a chromatic jazz player from Germany
- Howard Levy - chromatic jazz and middle eastern music on a diatonic.
- Frédéric Yonnet - a brilliant young jazz diatonic player from France living in Washington DC.
- Wim Dijkgraaf - Brazilian jazz harmonica player.
- PT Gazell - from Bluegrass to Jazz, based in the US.
- Olivier Ker-Ourio - a French chromatic jazz player
- Mike Turk - one of the best jazz harmonica players
- Bruno de Filippi - an Italian Jazz harmonica player
- Richard Hunter - Harmonica jazz virtuoso
- Giulio Brouzet - Italian blues & jazz chromatic player.
Groups
- Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals. The oldest all-harmonica group, formed in the 1920s and performing through the early 1950s, which split off the Harmonicats and others.
- The Harmonicats Story. Jerry Murad's Harmonicats.
- Jerry Murad and the Harmonicats. A successful stage group which had success in the late '40s and '50s.
- Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang. Another successful harmonica group.
- Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang - a well loved British comedy harmonica group who played in the '40s and '50s.
- Pete Pedersen - fantastic arranger and chromatic player from the great days of the US harmonica groups.
- Fata Morgana - a harmonica quartet from Holland.
- Dumee & Dijkgraaf Quinteto - Brazilian jazz quintet from Rio de Janeiro, with Wim Dijkgraaf on harmonica.
- FRESCO Harmonica Ensemble - from Malaysia
- Quintett Butterfly Group - from Austria, all students of Walter Burchinger
- Harmoco
- (French) A journey throughout jazz, french songs, musicals film and film soundtracks
- Chris Bauer - New York Jazz harmonica player. Son of Bob who played chord with The Harmonikings
- King's Harmonica Quintet. - a talented and dedicated group from Hong Kong.
- Dallas Harmonica Trio - Frank Halovanic, John Halovanic, and Jerl Welch.
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