GIANNA CERCHIER
Venetian of birth, but, in the last 10 years, Tuscan of adoption.
She undertakes the profession of singer from young exhibiting with groups rock-blues or in duo or trio proposing jazz, bossanova, swing, pop, etc. in the clubs of Veneto, Lombardy, Austria and Czechoslovakia
From 1987 she collaborates in recording studio Dance productions and advertising jingles for Fininvest and Rai networks (main Italian TV networs).
She has worked for a long period as vocal in recording studio and live (Raf, Fabrizio De Andre', Enrico Ruggeri, Massimo Bubola, Franco Mussida, Pooh, etc.) , particularly with Francesco Baccini - from 1988 to 1992 - with whom she performed more thsn 120 concerts, (among which the prestigious Montreaux jazz festival and the "Tenco Prize"), TV programs, video clip, jingles (as the initial song of SAnRemo festival), etc.
She subsequently devotes to her first great love: r & b + soul music, for different years, together with "Leonard goodies & the Dixie jam band", exhibiting herself in covers of J.Joplin, T.Turner, A.Franklin etc. and participating to the main Italian blues festivals (Nave Blues Festival, Pistoia Blues, etc).
In the '98 she begins a record activity in pop-dance music printing 2 singles (first in France then in all Europe, included Italy) "Wake me up", and "This is my world" (followed by an album).
Gianna is preparing the succession of this avventura, writing, always, texts and music of her songs, always in English and always with more' "soul!"

LEO “GOODIES” BONI
Italian-America guitarist/singer, winning with the "Weepin' Willie All Star" as best blues band in Boston, after many years of musical activity in the northeast of USA.
In Italy he exhibits both as soloist that with artists and band like: Nico (Violet Eves), James Thompson, Sax Gordon, Eric “Two Scoops” Moore, Gianna Cerchier & Dixie Jam, Maurizio Geri, Nicola Vernuccio, Jambalaya Band.
On the most important stages of the country: Nave Blues, Summertime Blues Festival, Folkfest, Malcesine Jazz, Pistoia Blues, Farm Aid, Festival de Jazz Django Reinhardt, 1°Festival International jazz Manouche, etc.
His collaborations with American artists and not, also in recording studiio: “Nicoletta Magalotti” (EMI), “This is my Story” the new blues in Italy Vol. 1, “Malcesine more Jazz” (Musicacustica), “Manouche and outskirtses” Maurice Geri Swingtet (Dunia), “Clean Plate” Eric”Two Scoops” Moore (CL Records), "A cielo aperto" Maurice Geri.

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From 1° C.D. of the band "Crocicchio"

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  Blue Gadjo born as a classical blues trio (Bass,drums and voice/guitar).
In trio besides the songs of their disck, they propose covers of: Ray Charles, Albert Collins, Freddy King,Wilson Pickett, T.Bone Walker, Jonny "guitar" Watzon, Blues Brothers, Meters, Duke Robillard, Willie Dixonn, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and other "Black Guitar passages original Soul", mixed to original song in Italian language with strong European root (gypsies Manouche of Alsazia).

Repertoire with GIANNA CERCHIER
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT   (Franklin)
CHAIN OF FOOLS  (Franklin)
TRY  (Joplin)
KNOCK ON WOOD  (Floyd)
GET BACK   (Lennon Mc.Cartney)
THE HUNTER  (James)
SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD....  (Thomas)
PIECE OF MY HEART  (Joplin)
TURTLE BLUES  (Joplin)
ROCK ME BABY  (King)
ROME WASN'T BUILT.....(TONAL. ORIG.)   (Morcheeba)
JUST A LITTLE BIT
SATISFACTION   (Jagger Richards)
I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN  (Turner)
HARD TO HANDLE  (Redding)

Repertoire with James Thompson
Night Train (Curtis)
Mustang Sally (Pickett)
Midnight hour (Pickett)
Kansas city Knock on wood (Floyd)
Mercy mercy (Zawinull)
Love light (Bland)
Messing with the kid (Welles)
Help me baby (Williamson)
Cissy Strut  (Neville)
Got my mojo working (Morganfield)
Wiskey drinking woman (Trad)
Watermelon man (Hancock) 
etc etc etc....

Gianna Cerchier: voice
Leo "Goodies" Boni, electrivc guitard and voice
Anacleto "Big Daddy" Orlandi, bass
Paolo Meneghini,drums
Cristiano Pacini, saxophone

Special Guest:
"Sax" Gordon Beagle (USA - sax)

Only if in Tour

The great American saxophonist Gordon"Sax" Beadle has played live and in recording studio with the most great artists of the blues scene blues, jazz and soul like J. McShann (to the Monterey jazz festival), Jimmy Witherspoon, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Duke Robillard, Pinetop Perkins, John Lee Hooker, Gatemouth Brown, Roomful of Blues, Luther "Guitar" Junior Johnson, Roomful of Blues, Little Milton, Johnny Copeland, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Herb Ellis, Well E. King, Keely Smith, Howard Tate, Martha Reeves, Junior Wells, Mighty Sam McClain, Charlie Musselwhite, Reuben Wilson & the Masters of Groove (featuring Grant Green Jr. & Bernard Purdie), Johnny Johnson, James Cotton, Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave), Hubert Sumlin, Big Jay McNeely, Sherman Robertson, Junior Watson, John Hammond and many others.

The artists to which he inspires are: King Curtis, Gene Ammons, Earl Bostic, Maxwell Davis etc.

Can be said that Sax Gordon has played on almost all the blues disks gone out in U.S.A in the last 15 years!

Gordon has played in Europe, Australia, South and North America, Central America, Africa, Scandinavia, Caribbean, also participating in the tours of known artists as Rolling Stones, BB King and Neville Brothers

With hisr own group or as sideman Gordon has played in the most greater world festivals among which the Monterey Jazz festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland), Luxembourg Blues and Jazz Rallye, San Francisco Blues Festival, Newport Rhythm & Blues Festival, King Biscuit Festival (Helena, AR), Istambul Blues Festival, Boston Blues Festival, the Handy Awards, Memphis in May, Imatra Big Band Festival (Finland), Nescafe Blues Festival (Brazil), Blues Estafette (Netherlands), Kabila Blues (Morrocco).

Hes has printed 2 C.Ds. ("Have Horn Will Travel" and "You Knock Me Out") produced by the Bullseye Blues and Jazz Record (Rounder) and already from many years he collaborates with the italian-American guitarist Leo "Goodies" Boni with whom he has inflamed American and European stages.

He was named for the W.C. Handy awards in the category "Musicians - Horns" both in 2001 and in 2002.

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Discography
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James Thompson (USA - sax/voice) born in Cleveland (USA), during his long concert activity he share stage and applauses with JOE COCKER (tour in USA, Canada and Japan), EDWIN STARR, THE PLATTEERS and to record over 25 LPs.

In the 83 ht moves to Italy where start to play with ANDY J. FOREST and ANDREA MINGARDI and then with ZUCCHERO that chooses him as soloist sax and background vocalist for the recordings and the tours in Europe of "Blues", "Oro incenso e birra" and for russian tour from which produced the wellknown tv show "LIVE In Moscow" transmitted in Eurovision.

Really appreciate session-man, has "lent" its sax also to TULLIO DE PISCOPO, SPAGNA, RICKY PORTERA, LADRI DI BICICLETTE, ROBERTO CIOTTI, to the Stadio (band of Lucio Dalla) and Paolo Conte: currently he collaborates again with ZUCCHERO.

In the execution of Jazz, Soul, Blues and Rhythm' & Blues licks his style, thus influenced by J. Coltrane and M. Breker, results very personal, incisive and particularly recognizable.