Man Bites Harmonica!

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Released1958
RecordedDecember 30, 1957 and January 7, 1958
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Length38:25
Man Bites Harmonica!
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedDecember 30, 1957 and January 7, 1958
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length38:25
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-257
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Toots Thielemans chronology
The Sound
(1955)
Man Bites Harmonica!
(1958)
The Whistler and His Guitar
(1964)

Man Bites Harmonica! is an album by harmonica player Jean "Toots" Thielemans which was recorded in late 1957 and early 1958 for the Riverside label.[1] The album showcases the harmonica as an instrument in a similar way in which Miles Davis did throughout his career on the trumpet and Charlie Parker did with the saxophone. The harmonica only does not appear on one track, Thielemans' version of "Imagination".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars. In his review, Scott Yanow states "Even four decades later, no jazz harmonica player has dethroned the great Toots".[3]

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