"He's beyond influential...You know, there's the before and after Howard, in terms of the diatonic harmonica." - Adam Gussow, editor of Modern Blues Harmonica

There is a revolution happening in the world of harmonica, and it’s all because of Howard Levy. For Howard’s online students at ArtistWorks this is nothing new, but this piece is a great introduction for anyone not familiar with how he single-handedly discovered the overblow technique back in the 70s, which allows him to play diatonic harmonica like a chromatic instrument. With this incredible innovation, he has permanently altered the history of this unique instrument and influenced countless players for years to come. 

Also featured are Brendan Power, Adam Gussow, and two of Howard's students from ArtistWorks! Listen on the player above or click here to read more from NPR. 

Wishing all of you Happy Holidays and thanking you for making my harmonica school a vibrant and progressive place in 2015. Let's keep it going in 2016 and beyond!

Peace and Love to all, Howard

“I feel it’s my obligation, since I love to play all this music, to also teach it.” - Howard Levy

Originating in Europe and later spreading around the world, the harmonica is truly a chameleon of genres. Howard Levy has mastered them all. His curriculum includes classic Blues and Rock styles of course, but also less known world harmonica styles like Jazz, Classical, Indian, Middle Eastern, Folk, Bluegrass, Latin, & more. 

Some hot Latin Jazz with the great Cuban drummer Ignacio Berroa and some of Chicago's finest players- Victor Garcia, trumpet; Rich Moore, sax; Patrick Mulcahy,bass. I am writing charts and arrangements of some of my tunes, some standards, we will play some of Ignacio's tunes and some of Victor's as well. http://www.5passion.com/ignacio/

http://greenmilljazz.com