Jazz Chromatic Harmonica Players List - updated April 2004

["mhowe108" <mhowe108@xxxxxxxxx>]

The following is a list I have compiled of known jazz chromatic harp players. Please let me 
know if there are other jazz chromatic player not on this list.  Thanks - Marty

- - Toots Thielemans
EVERYBODY knows of Toots.  The man who put the Jazz chrom harp on the map.
http://www.tootsthielemans.com/

- - Claude Garden 
This French player is fantastic.  What an incredible tone!  What chops!  Too
bad he has only one jazz album out.  He plays classical too. His CD can be
purchased in the US for $15 through Cadence jazz CD's.  See link below.
http://www.claudegarden.com/boutique/shop_index.htm
http://www.cadencebuilding.com/

- - William Galison
http://www.williamgalison.com/
Some pop oriented stuff, some jazz.  Great sound!  Wish he would put out
some dedicated jazz CD's.

- - Hendrik Meurkens
German player who also plays vibes. Latin flavored jazz is his thing, but
also plays straight ahead jazz. Smooth player.
http://www.hendrikmeurkens.com/

- - Hermine Deurloo - Dutch girl on Chrom -  Very nice chops. Toots called her
Tootsie!  I have a CD of hers, all bossa stuff, excellent. She has 2 CDÕs presently.
http://www.herminedeurloo.com/index2d.html

- - Nobuo Tokunaga 
I recently discovered this Japanese artist on the web.  His site is in
Japanese, but he has MP3's to sample. I am very impressed with his playing
and am looking for some place in the US that may carry his CD's.
http://www.manbou-net.com/~hamonica/

- - Bill Barrett - chrom player who uses an amplified sound.  Check out his
review at PlanetHarmonica. (Link below).
http://www.billbarrett.net
and
http://www.planetharmonica.com/ph4/VE/DiscoBBUK.htm

- - Wim Dijkgraaf Ð Wonderful Dutch player. Sample his latest at:
http://www.synergio.nl/muziek
His Bio information can be found at:
http://www.klausrohwer.de/privat/hobbies/muha/muhapubl/jazzharp.htm

- - Enrico Einhorn 
A fantastic Brazilian player,  has a few CD's out. :
http://www.southamericanway.com/cat/acdjc96us.html
Richard Hunter reviews the album at:
http://www.hunterharp.com/moraval.html#Einhorn1

I just received the above CD with a guitar player.  Many years ago he sent me
an LP of him and a Brazilian guitar player.  Very nice stuff.

- - Charles Leighton 
He has a CD out of standards called "Angel Eyes".  He has a great tone, but
plays the head only with some very light (if any) improv.

- - Chris Bauer
Chris is an American player who can be contacted and heard at:
http://www.chrisbauermusic.com/
http://www.chrisbauermusic.com/AnotherYou.mp3
Chris just recently released a new CD.

- - Mitchell Weiss
Mitchell plays a modified richter tuned CX-10 built by Brendan Power.  You can purchase 
and check out his tunes at:
http://www.ampcast.com/mitchweiss

- - Larry Adler 
Did a CD called "Glory of Gershwin".  Not a jazz guy, but jazz tunes very
well done with a whole mess of pop stars. Wonderful sound.

- - Les Thompson 
Only one recording that I know of "Mouth Organ Madness".  I
have his LP.

- - Ron Kalina 
Did an LP with a tuba player called "Children at Play".  Am still trying to
find that on CD. I have his tape.

- - Randy Singer
Not really jazz, but jazz influence. His samples reveal a killer tone.
http://www.randysinger.com/music_page.html

- - Damien Masterson
This young guy has a brazilian influence.  Many MP3's to sample:
http://www.goodomen.net/



Jazz Chromatic Players that I know of but haven't heard yet:

- - Harry Pitch
http://harmonica.co.uk/harry.htm

- - Mike Turk
http://www.aahome.com/turk/orderfr.htm

- - Jen Bunge
http://www.jensbunge.de/

- - Matthias Broede
http://www.matthiasbroede.de/


- - Gregoire Maret
Check him out at:
http://www.dapptheory.com/

- - Clint Hoover
http://www.skypoint.com/~choover/clinthoover.html

- - Bruno De Filippi
http://www.ijm.it/defilippi.html#en

- - Pete Pederson
http://www.pete-pedersen.com/

- - Susan Rosenberg
http://www.bassharp.com/cl-sr-b.htm

- - Olivier Ker Ourip
http://www.kerourio.com/links.en.html

- - Randy Weinstein


Here is a reference to some other jazz chrom players from a link in Europe.
Not in English, but you can follow the links:
http://www.klausrohwer.de/privat/hobbies/muha/muhapubl/jazzharp.htm

ThatÕs about all the jazz chrom artists that I have heard of. There are others out there, but 
hard to find. Please email me if you know of any that arenÕt on this list.  Thanks.