With the introduction of the 33 1/3 LP in the late 1940s and very early 1950s, harpists began appearing with greater regularity on jazz albums. At first, harpists were tag-alongs on record dates—the ...

The history of jazz harp begins in the 1920s, when Carlena Diamond toured the vaudeville circuit. Its practitioners make up a short list, but among them, two figures, both Black women, stand out as ...

Jazz harpist Motoshi Kosako can perhaps best be described as a Renaissance man of modern music. At age 55, he divides his time between refining his craft as a musician and tending to the fifteen acre ...