GENE JONES: Harmonium

Gene Jones

Harmonium

© 2004 Tommy N Tucker (634479869129)

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Great songs...Beautifully done....by one of the original Harmonica Rascals.... A living legend, Gene is an AMAZING talent. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

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The response to Harmonium has been FANTASTIC! Fans from around the world are experiencing the beautiful sounds of an American treasure. No other harmonica recording has ever captured the beauty of this instrument so well. Listen for yourself!

!!!NEWS FLASH!!!
OK FANS....HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS...Gene has entered the digital revolution in a big way! Harmonium is coming to Itunes and other major digital distributors very soon. It's a done deal!

Even better news! Gene's sophomore release, tentatively titled "Take Two (and call me in the morning)" is scheduled to be released February, 2006.

It's been a long time coming, but this one will be well worth the wait!

Gene Jones - Harmonium
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This is one of the best instrumental CDs of this or any other year! Gene does for the harmonica what Benny Goodman did for the clarinet. His virtuosity and musical sensibility will truly amaze you. This is the CD that can make a harmonica fan out of the most jaded listener. (Believe it or not, my dog loves this CD, and he howls at every other harmonica I've ever played for him!)

Sit back, relax, and take a moment to listen to some (or all) of these great songs. This is easy-listening instrumental music at its finest. The CD features such classics as Delilah, O Sole Mio, and Someone to Watch Over Me. It also features the wonderful arrangements of Tony Ciccarelli and Peter Solley, as well as the beautiful guitar work of Jordan Lee. For a real treat, listen to cut #15, Unforgettable. No doubt, you will agree that Gene Jones is an UNFORGETTABLE master of his craft.

If you love the Harmonica Rascals, the Harmonicats, Pete Pederson, Larry Adler and Stevie Wonder, then you will appreciate this new CD from another great living legend.

But don't take our word for it...use the links on the left and listen for yourself.

The Artist
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Gene Jones played harmonica with the greatest harmonica group of all time - Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals. He was invited to join the group on his 16th birthday, and he toured with the group for two years until Uncle Sam invited him to join the war (WWII). Gene played in the group with Jerry Murad (who later formed the Harmonicats), Pete Pederson, Johnny Puleo, Carl Ford, Ronnie Salzman, Bill Walden and Vito Patierno. Many of the greatest harmonica players of all time came from this group. (Over 100 players were members of this group over its long history).

(Pictures of Gene with the Harmonica Rascals can be seen at the Safe Harbour website - check them out!)

Gene has played the harmonica with many big bands and jazz ensembles for a career spanning over 60 years. His virtuosity has not diminished with time, as you will hear on this beautiful CD. Gene may well be the greatest living chromatic harmonica player alive today.

As you listen to this CD, keep in mind that Gene used only one harmonica (a Hering 6164) for this entire CD. It is mind boggling, to say the least.

If you love the harmonica, this CD is an essential addition to your collection. If you don't care for the harmonica, give this one a listen...Gene might just change your thinking.

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P.S. Use the link to send Gene a note with your thoughts. He just loves to get email...
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  • I can't wait!
    author: Johnny Gordon

    This CD is sooooooo good! It really does sound AMAZING. I can't wait for this guy to do another one. Where has he been hiding, anyway?

  • AWESOME !!!!
    author: Cynthia Cramer

    Verry mellow and easylisting I loved it.Great Stuff.

  • Love your CD
    author: Vi

    You know I am wearing out your CD by playing it so much. See you guys and gal on Saturday. Vi & Jake

  • Someone to watch over me
    author: Raymond

    I enjoyed the music very much, especially the song ' Someone to watch over me'.

  • Oh I am in love with love
    author: Lady Di Music Lover

    This is so soothing, just wonderful to listen too after a hard days work. I just never get tired of if.

  • We liked it!
    author: Music Man

    Pleasant to listen to. Soothes the seething soul.

  • this is the best!
    author: Jeanne from Palos Heights

    This is definitely the best instrumental ever. Love his style and choice of songs. Please Gene, keep them coming!

  • Music of the heart...
    author: a Christian friend

    There's only one thing that's sweeter than Gene Jones on harmonica and that's his heart...

  • Thank you - it is great.
    author: Rita Dolan

    I love harmonica music and the selection is great. I am glad I found it.

  • Very nice
    author: Miles and Florence Gatlin / New York

    We enjoy your music very much.

  • Great music and a lot of it
    author: Terri Nichols

    This CD is long on both quality & quanity, so much so that it's almost like hearing a new CD by the time you get to the last song. Plus there's so many various styles (from jazz to italian to irish,jazz,swing & more)to enjoy

  • I love the music of Gene Jones and would buy a second CD by him in a skinny seco
    author: Jamie Lynn

    From smile to unforgettable, there's only one,uncomparable one-of-a-kind legend, with a wonderful-plus personality that radiates through every song - that's the music of Gene Jones, wonderful gentleman of harmonica!

  • Great oldies from an excellent artist
    author: Bob
  • We knew Gene and knew how great he is. Just glad we found this site.
    author: Marge and Bob Finn

    This CD has all the potential of being one of the best. Thw arrangements are superb. I wish more people could hear it.

  • author: Joe Misener

    The selection of music on this CD is absolutely fist rate. What a beautiful sound and tone. Gene is truely a great harmonisist.

  • Talking great harmonica player!
    author: Trish Simon

    Thank you for making me smile with your glorious music, there's so much here to admire. I'm a fan from Florida where I've seen and heard with my own eyes and ears just how awesome Gene is in live concert, I'll always treasure my autographed CD!

  • Tried to pick a favorite ------- impossible.
    author: Peggy Ewing, neighbor

    I love all the selections. Smile really does make me SMILE. I keep it in my car. It's great top down, wind in your hair kind of music. Thanks for a truly great CD

  • I truly love this CD
    author: Linda Foss

    I never tire of this CD...I have it on auto-replay in my car. I have bought it for friends as gifts and they love it too. Thanks so much for making it.

  • A musician's musician.
    author: West Virgina fan & admirer

    A few words about Gene Jones:a very well mannered gentleman with huge talent and bigger than life personality that absolutely comes alive through every single note he plays!

  • From swing to jazz, folk ballads and Italian

    This artist does it all quite well!

  • Can't get enough of this wonderful music
    author: Donald Carlson

    My first harmonica purchase of Mr.Gene Jones turns out to be one of my best music CD buys ever.Thank you Gene Jones!

  • I'm spoiled
    author: Marty Albertson

    I've collected harmonica albums down though the years and I thought most sounded ok. However my collection can't even begin to compare to Gene Jones CD, what a major difference! No more screaming high pitched sounds that hurt my ears, and especially no sudden outburst of inaudiable distortion with muddy low notes that rumble my speakers. Instead a beautiful stream of clear mellow and high textured digital sound, so smoothe and sweet, it causes me to turn up the volume and enjoy every song over and over. It's as if I just discovered harmonica music for the very first time in my life!

  • Instantly likable music.
    author: John and Lori Oldman

    We constantly play Gene Jones cd both at home and on the road. especially enjoy your swinging Louis Prima song, and unforgettable, just the whole CD!

  • You're still red hot!
    author: Arthur Henson

    Saw you play quite a few years ago, you haven't missed a beat!

  • More power to this grand artist!
    author: New England fan!!!

    Hooray for Gene Jone's new jazz CD! I nver dreamed harmonica music could sound so good!

  • A sweet CD...
    author: Anne Hanson
  • Just saw your great review in SPA H
    author: Herb Carlson

    Just saw your CD featured on the cover, and listened to every song and love every song.You can count me in as your newest fan, avid listener and admirer to your brilliant and just amazing talent!

  • Nice playing!
    author: Donna Brawley

    I especially love your version of SMILE, so smoothe!

  • Down to earth simplicity with class...
    author: Jeff Boykin

    Well done!

  • We Think you're great!
    author: Ella and Julie - New York
  • The music was beautiful, I like Genes style!
    author: Charles Kirsop

    The selections were Great! Thank you. Chuck Kirsop.

  • Far better than the average instrumental CD!
    author: Julie Malone

    Fantastic job on your opening number, 'Smile'. I also love your web-page, so professional, like you! If you ever release a second Cd, I'll be the first in line to buy.

  • Rare quality!
    author: Bill Kline

    Your tunes are hard to find anywhere of this kind of quantity.There's an art in choosing great songs for a cd as well as a level of how well the songs are performed...In this case Gene Jones has exceeded both qualitys in rare form!

  • Gigalo swings!
    author: Jon Williams

    Wow, this is great! I think a follow-up cd would be nice except for the fact,you've already used up all the world's greatest songs!

  • Harmonium is a joy to hear!
    author: Vinnie Raye
  • Finally, my kind of music!
    author: Nigel Holstrum

    Glad to hear these old songs again. Well done Gene!

  • All songs shine but...
    author: Joe Edwards

    If I had to choose just one favorite song, for me it would be the eternal DANNY BOY. Thanks for bringing back this glorious classic with an emotional & heartfelt rendition on harmonica.

  • professional and musically right to the point
    author: Erin Talbert
  • Cool music!!!
    author: Bob Zimmerman

    What a great performance on 'Gigalo', my favorite - you've made an already established classic song even better!

  • Gene Jones is America's harmonica legend!

    We play your great cd over and over again at work!

  • I throughly enjoy your cd
    author: Bev Seymour

    There's so much to admire, the songs the bio, the nostalgia! I'll be back soon with some new fans!

  • We just love your cd!
    author: Bob and Brenda
  • Nice slow songs and...this is also music I can tap my toes to!
    author: Pat Davis

    these sweet quiet ballads are instant healing to the soul, but there's also some especially 'lively' songs like quando & just a Gigalo that keeps the the variety hot and my toes tapping to every beat.I guess that's what I really enjoy most about this cd, the variety!

  • was perfect for me! lovely old standards which i enjoy sooo much.
    author: bess cohen

    this one was very unique in that the sound was so reminiscent of those wonderful years of great standards.yes, the melodies you can sing along.thank you.

  • I never get tired of hearing this CD!! Thanks

    Thank you for sharing your music with us. Unforgetable is outstanding and so are you.

  • The Perfect mix!
    author: Rick fields - Nashville

    So glad I found your music

  • Great, relaxing music ....
    author: Roger Willis

    I gotta tell ya, there're some good CD artists in the world and there are some "uniquely talented artists!" Gene Jones easily ranks among the best when it comes to his really nice, easy-istening, Harmonica-music CD. Try it - you won't be disappointed!

  • My newest favorite cd by far is 'Harmonium' by Gene Jones
    author: J. Johnson

    I've never heard a better sounding harmonica cd than this one.

  • Brilliant, an outstanding musician and performer!!!
    author: A Florida fan and longtime admirer!

    Can't say enough nice things about Gene Jones CD! His music, in my opinion, is positively on the same level with some of the greatest musicians (both past and present) that ever lived. His deliverance of a simple melody coupled with heartfelt emotion and the kind of enthusiasm that only comes from years of playing experience is nothing short of brilliant.

  • We think your demo sounds great.
    author: Phil & Debbie

    You're sold out, we'll check be back soon.

  • a friend told me about this cd
    author: Terri Mills

    I only have a cassette player for now,but I bought a cd anyway and will also buy a cd player as soon as I can. I've heard nothing but good reviews from my neighbor about this music and about the great professional person Gene Jones is.

  • Great selections and gifted artist
    author: Nikki Buel

    Your music is all my favorites and I love the beautiful way they're played!

  • A keeper!
    author: Sandy Mcbride

    I just adore DANNY BOY, which is exactly my kind of music. I bought a copy for my parents and they also love all the songs. But my dad said there's at least three songs here that top anything he's ever heard played on harmonica.

  • Two thumbs up!
    author: Bob & Loraine Carson

    Consider us your new Rhode Island fans,your music is always playing here!

  • Moved
    author: Mike

    Danny boy brought tears to my eyes. That's a first for me!

  • I played your cd all the way from Florida to New York!
    author: Rick Lazar

    Outstanding music.It Sounds like you're playing two harmonica parts on O solo mio, you're really good!

  • I Listened and I like what I'm hearing!
    author: KM

    If more radio stations played artists like this, the music business might finally improve their sales quotas!

  • Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: Marty Reese( Florida fan)

    The selections are cool, skillfully played, breathtaking!

  • Superb recording quality with a generous balence of styles
    author: Raymond Carlos

    I enjoy the cd's broad versitility. especially the hot latin standard 'Quando' and the distinctive blues/jazz classics, smile & Ray Charles, you don't know me.Mr. Jones,is a creative master of many styles, and that's not easy to do on harmonica. I know cause I play as well, but not nearly as well as he.

  • a sweet CD!
    author: Leona Martin

    Perfect travel music

  • Bravo!
    author: Winslett family

    We love Gene Jones and his new Cd is above average, perfect antidote for relaxation.

  • Wow! Gene, all your songs are wonderful, But...
    author: Barbara Golden

    When I played the entire cd and 'unforgettable' came on - I replayed that one song over & over again. It's not just the song, rather it's that cool sound, that soft irreistable harmonica melody that keeps me in a kind of trance that I don't want to ever recover from!

  • Unpretentious music with deep emotion
    author: Kathy & Richard (new Gene Jones fans)

    Every song is great!

  • Classic harmonica playing 101!
    author: Joe Cohen

    Gene Jones takes the listener on an awesome journey into the greatest compositions of all time. And they're performed in such a way that it's as if the songs were written just for harmonica. Great improvs and amazing clarity.

  • Impressive!
    author: Terry Malone

    Smoothe tone and as professional as it gets, consider me a new lifetime fan!

  • He autograghed my copy in person!
    author: Linda

    I heard Gene Jones perform in Florida and was very impressed with his smoothe live sound. His remarkable CD,is so close to the live version that it's almost like hearing him live again just by playing the cd. I'll always treasure these songs and I'll never forget how kind and thoughful this man was to take the time to sign my cd between busy performances.

  • A true masterpiece!
    author: Mike Eisner

    One in a million, the simplicity shines bright and so does the incredible Gene Jones. I wish I could give this cd more than the 5 star rating!

  • Devine!
    author: Mark Rubin

    An essential addition to any high-quality harmonica collection.

  • Great value.
    author: Doug Jenkins

    This is a lot of music for the money.

  • Outstanding
    author: Pat Helms

    Great music from start to finish!

  • Easy on the ears.
    author: Robert Johns

    I bought one for home and one for the car. Today's radio is a lost cause, as far as I'm concerned. This Cd is a connection to a time when melodies had professional structure and songwriters had something decent to say.

  • Beautiful music.
    author: P. Hartford

    Enchanting,well done!

  • another harmonica rascals lover
    author: John

    It's refreshing to hear these old songs again by a pro who knows how to play. I remember hearing this band,the Harmonica Rascals, perform live in New York back in the '40's. The enthusiasm and down to earth authenticity and showmanship that made them all legends is alive and well on this new CD.

  • I keep it on constantly!
    author: Julie M

    This sweet and gentle music makes my daily routines sheer pleasure.

  • I loved sukiaki!
    author: Florida fan

    All the songs are great but has anyone noticed that sukiaki (track # 4) actually sounds better than the original version? I mean way better! I hope you're planning a follow-up to this CD that would also include the harmonica classic 'Peg o my heart'

  • Great!
    author: Connie L.

    These are mainstream classics that are simply beautiful. I would buy anything else I can find by this outstanding performer!

  • This is music!
    author: Martin Bibb

    Natural sound and Gene Jones powerful instrumental presentation is the trademark of quality the harmonica rascals are known for!

  • My favorite
    author: CM Rhodes

    It's already my favorite CD, with a rare collection of styles. Gene's version of unforgettable is well, unforgettable!

  • A very nice instrumental CD!
    author: Robert J

    I close my eyes and absorb the sound, enjoying each well-perfomed song, where's this music been all my life?

  • Clean, and my kind of music
    author: Sarah M.

    Undistorted quality!

  • This is the top!!!
    author: Fan of the Harmonica Rascals

    If still living, Cole Porter would have loved this CD!

  • Relaxing & awesome
    author: Kathy S.

    I've never liked harmonica, but I'm really crazy about this CD, an irresistable collection of all the classics I love best. And there's not a better instrumental version of Unforgettable by anyone!

  • Wonderful music!
    author: Michican fan

    The music is even better than I expected! I had no idea that a member from one of my all-time favorite bands, the Harmonica Rascals from the 1940's was still performing, much less recording a solo album. I'm already wearing this CD out!

  • Great! A big name creates some extraordinary sounds!
    author: Phil Williams

    I was really impressed with the sound quality of this CD, especially on songs like 'Danny Boy' & 'Spanish Eyes'. Gene Jones has unique pharsing abilities that are extraordinary, as if each song was written just for harmonica! A true collectors item by an unforgettable national legend!

  • I loved the CD.
    author: Dotty Gans

    It is very relaxing and so beautiful.

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