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Frederic Yonnet at Blues Alley
Courtesy of Frederic Yonnet | Posted on November 14, 2014
Where
Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Avenue Nw
Washington, DC
Map
202-337-4141
When
Sat, November 22, 2014
10:00 pm
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Dubbed the “Jimi Hendrix of the harmonica,” Frédéric Yonnet brings the humble harmonica front and center, defying expectations and coaxing contemporary jazz, R&B, and a rainbow of genres from this versatile instrument. He’s performed with Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Erykah Badu; recorded with the Jonas Brothers, toured with Prince — and won the respect of audiences everywhere.
When it comes to the harmonica, Frédéric Yonnet knows how to turn skeptics into believers. Yonnet – as part of a wave of that emerged from Europe’s jazz underground – is one of a handful of musicians to successfully demonstrate the harmonica’s versatility as a lead instrument in contemporary jazz, R&B and other genres of music....