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Aug 20, 2018
6:11 PM
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Announcing 2018 SPAH Awards, Part 3:
Candidates for the Bernie Bray Harmonica Player of the Year Award will have been alive during the prior twelve months, and an individual whose proficiency as a harmonica player should be a source of pride for the community – the award should be for excellence in actually playing the instrument. The award should be given for for distinction demonstrated or attained recently, preferably during a twelve month period prior to the deadline for nominations.
The 2018 Bernie Bray Harmonica Player of the Year Award goes to Hermine Deurloo of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Ms. Deurloo, conservatory trained as a saxophonist, picked up the chromatic harmonica after hearing Toots Thielemans. While she has deep jazz chops, her musical tastes and activities are broad ranging and take the harmonica into a wide variety of novel and unusual contexts, including, modern jazz, string quartets, big bands, African music, and film soundtracks. She is active both in her own projects and as a guest artist. You can check out many clips of her live performances on YouTube and check out her website at http://herminedeurloo.com
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