Tommy Reilly Concerts and Workshops

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Tommy Reilly was a prolific musician with a vast set of recordings and many live concert appearances. Some performances are in the archives of TV and Radio companies like the BBC and NRK, but here are some which I have edited that can be enjoyed.

World Harmonica Championships in Jersey 1987

Festival Concert – One hour

Program – Gymnopedie no.1 (1 min) – Medley, Seventeen Come Sunday, Drink to me only, Strawberry Fair (7 mins) – Jacaranda (14 mins) – The Swan (23 mins) – Duettino with Sigmund Groven (27 mins) – Medley, Smoke gets in your Eyes, Misty, The Way you look Tonight, Begin the Beguine (33 mins) – Lazy Lullaby (43 mins), Toledo (46 mins).


Workshop at the festival – 45 mins

Tommy and Jimmy enjoy an informal workshop in front of friends like Jerry Murad.

Main Teachings – from 3 mins – Don’t move your head, note production and moving between notes.


BBC Radio Broadcast from The Old Market Arts Centre, Hove, Sussex, UK – One hour

Program – 5 Pieces for harmonica by Gordon Jacob (0 min) – Harmonika Joke (14 mins) – Gymnopedie no.1 (15 mins) – Bulgarian Wedding Dance (18 mins) – Medley, Seventeen Come Sunday, Drink to me only, Strawberry Fair (21 mins) – Toledo (28 mins) – Fairy Tale (35 mins) – Valsentino (37 mins) – The Swan (40 mins) – Porgy and Bess Medley, I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin, Bess You Is My Woman Now, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Summertime (43 mins) – The Entertainer (46 mins) – Plaisir d’amour (51) – Hava nagila (54 mins).


There are not many true videos online. Here are a few.

There are many audio recordings on line

Search YouTube and Spotify etc. but avoid a much younger Scottish musician.

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