Ponto da Gaita - Harmônica de Boca e Harmonicistas

O "Ponto da Gaita" agora está sob a supervisão de Marcio Scialis! Comente e participe! 

"Harmonica Hour" a primeira rádio dedicada à harmônica de boca - ESCUTE! 

Cromática ou Diatônica?

A polêmica que divide gaitistas

A harmônica diatônica tem seu lugar garantido ao lado do blues e do country e a harmônica cromática beira o jazz e a bossa nova, correto? Não é o que se diz ultimamente. Alguns harmonicistas vêm ganhando espaço no cenário instrumental mundial contrapondo todos os vícios de interpretação que possam existir. Otávio Castro e Howard Levy são os exemplos. Tocam na diatônica o que fazem outros na cromática, porém, há quem diga que o som é esquisito. Não seria apenas uma estranheza de início, pela falta de costume de ouvir? Façam o teste vocês mesmos. Só pra lembrar: um deles é brasileiro...

Assista aos Harmônicos no Programa do Jô! 

Uma entrevista divertida e bem humorada!

Harmonicistas de outros países organizados por classificação

(em constante atualização)

Harmonicistas de Blues, Folk e Música Celta

Preservamos a descrição em inglês, conforme os links de origem

• • Adam Gussow from Satan & Adam
  • Aníbal Repetto - Argentine blues harp player.
  • Beth Kohnen - female blues harmonica player.
  • Blues Bands Online - Bluesboys collection.
  • Blues Fools - the West Coast Jump mp3 & real audio tracks
  • Blues Is Truth - with harp player Pete 'Bleedin Lips' Elliott
  • 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 Gruenling and Jump Time
  • 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
  • Laurie Garman - plays with The City Shakers
  • 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
  • Mark Sibley - leader of the Nightflies band
  • 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.
  • Steve Shaw's comprehensive Irish harmonica page
  • The Blue Flame Cafe an interactive biographical encyclopedia of the great blues singers and singers of the blues, including some of harp players.
  • The Blue Highway - Probably one of the biggest collections of blues links I have come across - sites, artista, radio, festivals, labels.
  • 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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  Harmonicistas de Clássico, Jazz, Bandas e Música Moderna

  Clássico

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lars Ringgaard - a Danish performer and teacher.

  Bandas

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Society Boys - A harmonica trio from New York, USA.