Hailed as one of “New Orleans finest Gypsy jazz guitarists,” Raphael Bas is also a dynamic harmonica player and singer. Raphael plays a traditional and original repetoire that is deeply rooted in both the French Gypsy tradition of Django Reinhardt - the style he grew up playing in France - and traditional New Orleans jazz.
Latest Release: Harmonouche
The harmonica has been widely used in blues and pop music but very little in jazz and swing. This record is an attempt to give the harmonica greater recognition among other traditional instruments in jazz.
Whatever it may do for the fortunes of the harmonica, the record stands on its own as an enjoyable bit of ensemble jazz from some fine New Orleans musicians.