The woodwind instrument is extremely budget-friendly and easy to learn. Learning to read music on a recorder is ideal, as you will only have to read single notes to play, rather than chords.

In 1956, Mr. Bell joined Lovie Lee in Chicago and began studying the harmonica with blues harpists Sonny Boy Williamson II (also called “Rice” Miller) and Little Walter Jacobs. Mr.

But ever since the first 1991 Blues Harmonica Blowout at Berkeley’s Ashkenaz club, Hummel has kept whirlwind spinning while turning the changing lineup into a movable musical feast.