Art Daane, a unique and exceptional collector of harmonica music and information about the performers, died 23 January, 2021
Chromatic
Max Geldray
The First Harmonica Jazz Player – by Art M. Daane The Beginning. Max Geldray was born Max van Gelder in Amsterdam in 1916. It was not until 1932 that he first saw a chromatic harmonica; the shop owner offered it to him when he was taking refuge from a torrential rainstorm in his shop.By 1934 […]
Jim Hughes “Live @ Stratford (UK)”, 1983
This concert was recorded by someone and a CD-R of the concert was found in the archive I got from John Bryan. This was the second annual convention of the independent National Harmonica League run at that time by John Walton. He had taken it over from Hohner in 1981 and it was run by […]
Dror Adler – The Classical Project
I originally published this article in Harmonica World in June 2006. I think it is worth including it here. Dror wrote: I have been a member of the Adler Trio since we formed it in 1963. Here is a little bit of history and the background that led to the recording of my new CD, […]
THE HANDBOOK OF CHORD AND BASS HARMONICA
by Gianandrea Pasquinelli – with contributions from Roger Trobridge, Steve Jennings, Pat Missin, Dror Adler, Al Smith and Brendan Power. This blog post gives links to information and media about the artists who are discussed in my introduction to the book written by Gianandrea. The Handbook of Chord and Bass Harmonica. Biography – Borrah Minevitch […]
Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals
Larry Adler
Norm Dobson (1929 to 2019) harmonica player
Norman R. Dobson Jr., or Norm, as he was known to all his harmonica friends everywhere, was the US Vice President of the National Harmonica League from 1982 until his death, aged 90. He lived in Peabody, near Boston, and for many years he looked after the interests of NHL members who lived in the […]
Steve Jennings – Feb 1954 to Nov 2019 – a tribute
With contributions from Steve’s wife Josie, and his friends – Tom Hunter, Steve Jones, Rowena Millar, Johnny Mars, ‘Pip’ Rowland, and Paul Gillings. Stephen John Jennings or ‘Steve’ as he was universally known was one of the small group of volunteers who are responsible for the survival and success of the National Harmonica League (NHL) […]
HarpTalk Tumblr Blog
I stepped down as editor of Harmonica World magazine after the August 2019 issue and I decided to do the simple blog I never seemed to have time to do before . I used to use the blog to announce when the new magazine was being mailed out. Now I want to make it more […]