00:00 - intro & tour
03:43 - diatonic harmonica (gapping, combs etc)
14:31 - chromatic harmonica (valves, check screws etc)
Hey everyone,
I recently visited my friend Joel Andersson's harmonica workshop. Joel is an incredible craftsman who builds amazing harmonicas and is a genuinely nice guy. We toured his workshop and had a 20-minute interview where Joel shared tips on improving your harmonica’s performance. We discussed combs, reeds, reed gapping, valves, cleaning, and maintenance. Don’t miss out on these expert insights!
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Check out the full interview!
Best,
Filip
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Filip Jers is an internationally known harmonica player from Stockholm, Sweden and one of the most sought-out harmonica players in Europe. At the age of 36 he has performed in almost 30 countries all over the world.
In 2011 Jers graduated with a Master Degree in Fine Arts of Music from The Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has also studied privately with Toots Thielemans, Howard Levy and Robert Bonfiglio.
Jers has been given numerous awards through the years. In 2005 he won two gold medals at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen, Germany. In 2014 his jazz quartet Filip Jers Quartet was selected as "Best Group" at the European Jazz Competition in Rotterdam, Netherlands and in 2015 the quartet received a Swedish grammy for the album ”Plays Swedish Folk”. In 2016 Jers was awarded the title ”Jazz musician of the Year” by Swedish Radio.
Jers works regulary with Filip Jers Quartet, with his duo with guitarist Emil Ernebro and as a guest soloist in different projects. He has been a featured solist with many cutting edge jazz big bands in Sweden as well as performing with two of Scandinavias finest string orchestras; Musica Vitae and Camerata Nordica. Jers has been featured on more than 50 CD's as a recording artist, playing harmonica.
Besides playing concerts Jers has extensive experience as a harmonica teacher. Besides teching privately and giving workshops in different countries all over the world he is also engaged as harmonica teacher at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark and Sibelius Academy in Helsingfors, Finland.
Jers is an "International Suzuki Harmonica Artist", he is endorsing and playing harmonicas made by Suzuki Harmonicas from Japan.
He also runs Fojablue Records, an independent record label that has released Spiro (FRCD01, 2011), Filip Jers Quartet (FRCD02, 2013) and Duet with Emil Ernebro (FRCD03, 2019). In 2022 he released the album ”Filip Jers Quartet - Plays Classical” and in 2023 ”Filip Jers with Carl Bagge trio - ”In the Spirit of Toots”.
Besides music, Filip likes coffee, yoga and running in nature.