Harmonica virtuoso and composer, Corky Siegel, was born in Chicago in 1943. In honor of his platinum jubilee on October 24, and the half-century he’s devoted to the harmonic convergence of blues and classical, we bring you a musical hour he shared with Studs Terkel in 1976.
Corky Siegel

Corky Siegel with William Russo and Seiji Ozawa, c. 1968 (Photo courtesy of Corky Siegel)