Musicastrada Festival - First week Sunday, July 19, Sunday July 19, Church Square loc. San Casciano - Cascina
LYNWOOD SLIM BAND (Italia, Usa – Usa, Italy) / blues, jazz, swing
esclusiva toscana
Lynwood Slim ha potuto scegliere, grazie al suo talento, di fare due cose per guadagnarsi da vivere:
giocare a bilardo o suonare l'armonica...Per nostra fortuna ha scelto la seconda! E nonostante la lunga
carriera, le occasioni per ascoltare Lynwood, non sono tante. La sua musica rispecchia il suo amore per le
grandi orchestre e quel suono ricco di swing. Difficile dire che esistano al mondo armonicisti e cantanti
più bravi di lui.
Lynwood Slim felt there were only two things he could do to make a living: shoot pool or play harmonica.
Thank goodness he chose to be a musician. This California native brings years of experience, dynamic
stage presence, powerfully expressive blues vocals, and some of the most exciting blues harp you're ever
heard.
Lynwood Slim: armonica/voce, harp/vocals - Maurizio Pugno: chitarra, guitar
Marco Meucci: piano, piano Lucio Villani: contrabbasso, double bass - Gio Rossi: batteria, drums
www.myspace.com/lynwoodslimband
Lunedì 20 Luglio, Monday July 20, Piazza San Matteo - Montopoli
STEVE GROSSMAN TWO TENORS QUINTET (Usa, Italy) / jazz
pioggia - In case of rain: sala Pio XII
esclusiva toscana
Ritorna finalmente sulla scena live internazionale un musicista che rappresenta un pezzo di storia della
musica jazz. Dal suo debut with Miles Davis just eighteen years to the various collaborations (
Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Michel Petrucciani, Chet Baker, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Garrison
, Dizzy Gillespie ...). The warm tone and penetrating Steve Grossman
remains unchanged and once again stronger than before.
Although he started out playing in fusion-oriented settings, Steve Grossman
Developed into an excellent hard bop tenor in the tradition of Sonny Rollins. He started at the top as Wayne Shorter's replacement
with Miles Davis, playing in His fusion group from 1969 to 1970, and with Lonnie Liston Smith Was
in 1971. He died in valuable period as part of Elvin Jones' group and has mostly Led His Own
bands ever since, recording as a leader for Such labels as PM, Owl, Red, and Dreyfus.
Steve Grossman: tenor sax, tenor sax - Valerio Pontrandolfo: tenor sax, tenor sax
Nico Menci: piano, piano - Aldo Zunino: bass, double bass - Jason Brown: drums, drum
www.myspace.com / stevegrossmanjazz
Tuesday July 21, Tuesday July 21, beginning at 9:45 p.m. - 9:45 pm starting
Remo Piazza Bertoncini, Castelfranco di Sotto
Raffaello Simeoni "La Via del Sale" (Italy, Italy)
folk, ethnic, world - exclusive Tuscan
rain - in homes of rain: Loggia del Comune
musician, musicologist, teacher, composer for film and theater, multi-instrumentalist and lyric tenor,
Raffaello Simeoni is a key figure among the "ethno-musicians" Italians. Leader and founder of Novalia,
depositary and interpreter of the musical traditions Rieti and beyond, accompanied by two extraordinary musicians
presents a project exclusively within which will present songs from her new cd
"Sabina Mater.
Musician, composer, music teacher and multi-instrumentalist lyric tenor, Raffaello Simeoni is a big-name
Among ethno italian musicians. Founder of Novalia, performer and master of music tradition Rieti,
will perfom a special project with burdens from His last song called "Mater Sabina. Two very special musicians will
play with him.
Raffaello Simeoni: voce/organetto/chitarre/flauti/cornamuse, vocals/guitar/flutes/bagpipes
Massimo Giuntini: uillean pipe/flauti/bouzouki, uillean pipe/flutes/bouzouki
Cristiano Califano: chitarre/bouzouki, guitars/bouzouki
www.raffaellosimeoni.it
Mercoledì 22 Luglio, Wednesday July 22, Piazza Indipendenza – Calcinaia
opening: The Final Lap Blues Band (Italia, Italy) Blues
TEXAS SLIM (Italia, Usa – Italy, Usa) / blues, rock, funk
pioggia - In case of rain: sala polivalente Don Angelo Orsini
esclusiva toscana
Texas Slim potrebbe benissimo essere la reincarnazione di un cantante soul del passato...Nato e cresciuto
a Dallas-Texas, ha aperto concerti per artisti del calibro di Johnny Winter, Blue Oyster Cult e Savoy
Brown. Il terzo CD di Texas Slim è appena uscito, nel maggio 2009, per l’etichetta blues europea Blues
Boulevard. Slim è considerato un giovane musicista di talento della nuova generazione, una forza della
natura in Texas.
Texas Slim could very well be a reincarnate of a passed soulful singer who plays guitar and is once again
carving out a niche in blues music history. Born and raised in Dallas, TX.... Slim from an early age met
and played with the great Alex Moore, (who first recorded the blues in 1929) and later Little Joe Blue and
opened gigs for musicians like Johnny Winter, Blue Oyster Cult and Savoy Brown...
Texas Slim: chitarra/voce, guitar/vocals - Bill Cornish: basso, bass - Lele Zamperini: batteria, drums
www.texasslim.com
Giovedì 23 Luglio, Thursday July 23, Piazza Indipendenza - Calcinaia
COMMANDER CODY BAND (Usa) / rockabilly, western swing, country, boogie, rock'n'Roll
pioggia - In case of rain: sala polivalente Don Angelo Orsini
esclusiva toscana
Negli anni 70 Commander Cody (alias George Frayne) era un lunatico pianista barrelhouse, capo di un
manipolo di rinnegati del country (i Lost Planet Airmen) che si cimentavano in generi come il rockabilly, il
western swing, il boogie...La cultura alternativa applicata al country sortiva effetti deliziosamente comici.
Incapaci di prendere il rock sul serio, rimasero in margine al movimento, vivendo sulle impennate di
eccentricità del loro leader.
The band was conceived in 1968, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but arrived in San Francisco in 1969, just in
time to catch the tale end of the summer of love. The repertoire stretched from old time rock and roll,
red neck country; boogie-woogie, Cajun, swing/jazz, plus their self-penned party anthems. Basically,
they represented the essence of American roots music.
George Frayne a.k.a. "The Commander": piano/voce, leader /keyboards/vocals
Steve Barbuto: batteria/voce, drums/vocals - Rick Mullen: basso, bass - Mark Emerick: chitarra/voce,
guitar/vocals
www.commandercody.com
Venerdì 24 Luglio, Friday July 24, Piazza della Pieve - Vicopisano
LE BALLUCHE DE LA SAUGRENUE (Francia - France) / valse musette, melodico popolare
francese
esclusiva toscana – prima nazionale
Lo stile musette si è sviluppato a Parigi tra il 1930 e il 1950 dall’incontro tra fisarmonicisti italiani e
cabarettisti provienienti dall'Auvergne. Le Balluche de la Saugrenue, provenienti dalla Loira, ripropongono
questo repertorio di canzoni e balli, influenzati dallo swing manouche, dalle danze spagnole e dell’Est
Europa, dalla rumba, dal cha-cha. Un “concert-bal” che mira a coinvolgere il pubblico in danze conviviali e
festose.
Musette style music was originated from the meeting beetween italian accordeonist and french
comedians. Le Balluche de la Saugrenue, comig from Loira (France), play this particular style with the
influences of swing manouche, cha/cha, rumba, English and East European dance music. Their concerts
becomes a real travelling dance-hall!!
Marie Perrin “Mimi la Sardine”: canto/flauti, vocals/flutes - Florent Sepchat “Flo la Brettelle”: fisarmonica,
accordeon
David Forget “David l'Ampoule”: contrabbasso, double bass
Pierre Mager-Maury “Pedro le Basque”: chitarra manouche, manouche guitar
Jean François Caire “Jean Jean la Taxe”: jâse (antica batteria), ancient drum
www.myspace.com/leballuchedelasaugrenue
