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Gianluca Baroncelli:
Soprano, alto, tenor, sax

dal 84 al 90 frequenta la g.verdi di prato studiando clarinetto

dal 90 al 95 studia jazz alla Duke of Abruzzi con Dario Cecchini, Raffaele Pareti, Alessandro Fabbri,

Dopo una lunga carriera come sassofonista-cantante e band leader della Sharade Band, che dal 1996 al 2003 ha un ruolo di spicco nel panorama dei locali dance e disco in Italia, la Sharade, e' stata la hauseband di locali storici come la mitica Bussola di Viareggio e la Capannina di Franceschi, accompagnando nei suddetti locali artisti come: Giorgio Panariello- -Natalia Estrada- -Brigitte Nielsen- -Alan Sorrenti- -Bobby Solo- -Valeria Marini- -Gloria Gaynor- -Sandy Marton- -The Platters- ecc.ecc.

o come gruppo di supporto a:

-Gino Paoli- -Riccardo Cocciante- -Fausto Leali- -Franco Califano- -Jerry Cala'- -Umberto Smaila- ecc. ecc.

Gianluca Baroncelli alterna questo al lavoro di session man di pop, dance, jazz, funk, nei migliori studi di registrazione in Italia…

Nel 2004, durante un tour in Svizzera incontra un produttore, compositore ed armonicista di grande livello, Chris Harper, che lo scritturerà' x 5 anni dal 2004 al 2009 e dove ha la possibilità' di suonare in tour e registrare con i migliori artisti dell'area di Chicago:

Billy Branch, Chico banks, Sharon Louis, Peaches Staten, Chicago Horns, Michael Coleman, J.W. Wiliamson, Charlie Love, Killer Ray Allyson, Guy King, ecc.ecc.,

presso la Delmark Hause, Riverside Studio Chicago;

e nei Blues club piu' famosi, dal Winsconsin al Texas:

House of Blues, Blue Chicago, Kingstonemines, B.L.U.E.S., Green Mill, Andy's Jazz Club, Checheboard lounge -Chicago;

Blue Night -Oklaoma City;

Sleppery Noodels in Indianapolis -Indiana;

Antone's, Nuno's, Austin -Texas…

nel 2009 registra sempre per L'etichetta di Chris il suo primo cd da solista "Darkness & Shine" con moltissimi guests statunitensi, … in uscita adesso negli Stati Uniti!!

Una produzione importante, che vede ben 18 musicisti far parte di questo progetto… quasi una produzione in stile Santana, dove i guests si alternano in ogni brano ed il sax di Gianluca fa da filo conduttore per tutte e dieci le tracce che lo compongono, un cross over tra blues, funk e smooth jazz;

uno dei pochi sassofonisti italiani che ha avuto l'onore di aver suonato più' volte al Chicago Blues Festival.

Piccola postilla per Chico Bancks ....eravamo diventati come fratelli, sono stato con lui in tour diverse volte attraverso gli States ed ho avuto l'onore di suonare come guest nel suo ultimo cd...prima che ci lasciasse prematuramente!!

Festival:

Pistoia Blues 2005,

Estival Lugano 2006,

Flims Blues Festival 2006,

Chicago Blues Festival 2007,

Campli blues festival 2007,

Winterthur festival 2007,

Luzern blues festival 2008,

Bern Blues festival 2008,

Chicago Blues Festival 2010,

discografia:

1994 - "Tribute to Whitney Houston" Harmony Music

1994 - "Tribute to Annie Lennox" Harmony Music

!995 - "Tribute to Barbara Stresand" Harmony Music

varie produzioni Hause Music dal 96 al 2011…. Vari D.J…..

2005 - Blues is my life - Chris Harper - (Riverside Recording studio Chicago)

2006 - Strey kitty Cat - Chico Banks - (Riverside Recording studio Chicago)

2009 - Everybody Yeah - Alex Barattini -

2011 - I'will always - Alex barattini - (in uscita )

2011 - Darkness & Shining - Gianluca Baroncelli (in uscita) (Riverside Recording studio Chicago)

2011 - Angel - Alex Barattini ( in uscita )

ENGLISH BIO;

GIANLUCA BARONCELLI

(THE BARON) GIANLUCA BARONCELLI STARTED STUDYING CLASSICAL MUSIC IN 1984. HOWEVER, HE LEARNED MUCH MORE HEAVILY TOWARD JAZZ BECAUSE OF HIS UPBRINGING AT HOME, AND THIS OCCASIONALLY GOT HIM INTO HOT WATER WITH HIS TEACHERS. <br>

AFTER GRADUATING, HE FOLLOWED HIS FIRST LOVE AND PLAYED WITH MANY JAZZ AND BLUES BANDS. HE IS NOW ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING TOP SAXOPHONISTS. HIS UNMISTAKABLE SOUND AND HIS BLUES SOLOS, WHICH ARE PACKED WITH FEELING AND INTERMINGLED WITH JAZZ INFLUENCES, SOMETIMES SPAN OVER THREE AND A HALF OCTAVES.<br>

Chris Harper.<br><br>

..... I WAS BORN IN FLORENCE 08/11/1971... IT'S BEEN 28 YEARS SINCE I STARTED PLAYING: SO MUCH!!!.. IN 1993 MY PASSION BECAME MY JOB AND FOR MANY YEARS I WAS ALSO THE SINGER IN MY BAND: SINGING HAS BECOME A PART OF MY LIFE AND, I MUST ADMIT, THERE ARE SOME SONGS I PREFER SINGING INSTEAD OF PLAYING.. SO... NEVER SAY NEVER!!!

.... I USED TO LISTEN DAVE BRUBECK AND JERRY MULLIGAN WITH MY FATHER WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD, HE PLAYED ALTO SAXOPHONE AT HOME: I THINK THIS WAS THE BEGINNING, THANK YOU DAD!!!....

I STARTED STUDYING THE CLARINET AT "G.VERDI" MUSIC SCHOOL IN 1983 WITH PROF.DARIO GORACCI AND I ACHIEVED THE FIFTH YEAR OF CLARINET AND SEVERAL CLASSIC EXAMINATIONS ( SOLFEGGIO, HARMONY AND MUSIC HISTORY) AT THE "CHERUBINI" CONSERVATORY IN FLORENCE. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN A BAND WAS WITH "VERDI JAZZ BAND" DIRECTED BY MAESTRO ROBERTO MANUZZI (EXCELLENT TEACHER!), IT WAS CONSTITUED OF A SAX QUINTET AND A CLARINET (ME), A DOUBLE BASS, PIANO AND DRUMS: IT WAS THEN THAT I REALIZED I'D BECOME A SAXOPHONIST ....... I STARTED STUDYING SAXOPHONE IN 1987... IN 1990 I GAVE UP MY CLASSICAL STUDIES AND I DEDICATED MYSELF COMPLETELY TO JAZZ, I BECAME A MEMBER OF "OVERTIME" (GREAT TUSCANY FUSION BAND)!!!.. IN 1991 I ATTENDED A BERKLEE CLINIC IN PERUGIA, IN 1992/93 THE "SIENA JAZZ" SUMMER CLASSES, AND FROM 1993 TO 1996 I STUDIED IN THE MUSIC SCHOOL "DUKE OF ABRUZZI" WITH EXCELLENT TEACHERS: DARIO CECCHINI, LELLO PARETI, ALESSANDRO FABBRI...

FROM 1991 TO 1996 I MADE ABROAD EXPERIENCES (HOLLAND, SCOTLAND, GERMANY) AND I CONTINUED WORKING WITH "OVERTIME" UNTIL OCTOBER 1996, WHEN I FOUNDED THE "SHARADE" BAND WITH BASS PLAYER ALBANO CASTRESE... THIS BAND EXPLORES VARIOUS MUSICAL FORMS AND EXPERIENCES. IN THE YEARS WE PLAYED FOR MANY ARTISTS: TO NAME A FEW:.... - GIORGIO PANARIELLO - BRIGITTE NIELSEN - ALAN SORRENTI - BOBBY SOLO - SANDY MARTON - ETC.ETC.....

WE ALSO PLAYED ALONG WITH:.... GINO PAOLI - RICCARDO COCCIANTE - UMBERTO SMAILA - FRANCO CALIFANO - LOS LOCOS - RITA PAVONE - FAUSTO LEALI - ETC. ETC.....THE PECULIARITY OF "SHARADE" BAND CONSISTS IN THE HARMONY AMONG THE MUSICIANS AND IN THE MULTIFACETED WAY OF PLAYING DIFFERENT MUSICAL GENRES. IN THE LAST 5 YEARS I DISCOVERED THE TRUE ROOTS OF AFROAMERICAN CULTURE/ MUSIC: THE BLUES AND CHICAGO...

IN THE U.S.A. I HAD THE PLEASURE TO COLLABORATE WITH SUCH EXCELLENT BLUES/ FUNKY MUSICIANS: ABOVE ALL OF THEM CHRIS HARPER...<br> FROM 2004 I COLLABORATES WITH HIM , AND IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM THAT I HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE U.S.A., BUT MOST OF ALL I HAD THE CHANCE TO RECORD WITH THE SHARADE BAND OUR FIRST ALBUM, NOVEMBER 2005, IN CHICAGO, IN THE LEGENDARY "RIVERSIDE STUDIO" OF DELMARK. THAT'S HOW "BLUES IS MY LIFE" ORIGINATED, OUR FIRST WORK TOGETHER... AMAZING MUSICIANS TOOK PART IN THE PROJECT: BILLY BRANCH, CHICO BANKS, CHICAGO HORNS AND THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE CHANCE FOR ME TO PLAY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSIC CLUBS WITH THEM..... & SHARADE BAND"

.. IN 2007 I RECORDED "MERCY MERCY MERCY" AS A GUEST IN THE CHICO BANKS' ALBUM ( HE DIED PREMATURELY 12/02/ 2008 AND HE'LL BE MISSED VERY MUCH)..... I RECORD IN THE 2008 (AT THE RIVERSIDE STUDIO) MY FIRST ALBUM - DARKNES & SHINING - AFTER MANY DIFFERENT PROBLEM THE PROJET IS DONE AND WE'RE ABOUT TO PROMOTE IT IN JUNE 2011.

THE GUESTS IN THE CD ARE: PEACHES STATEN , JESSE JAMES KING , JOE BARR, KENNY ANDERSON , CHRIS HARPER.....

THE FOLLOWING ARE MUSICIANS I'VE PLAYED WITH, IN THE LAST 15 YEARS:.. PIANO & KEYBOARDS:....

MASSIMO SALVI - MAURIZIO CHIGURNI (KIGA) - GIACOMO LAURIA - ROBERTO PASSERI - ALDO GENTILESCHI (IL MIO MIGLIORE AMICO) - MICHELE PAPADIA - PEEWEE DURANTE - FRANCO SANTARNECCHI - PIERO FRASSI - MAURO GROSSI - STEFANO BOLLANI - DANIELE GORGONE - LEONARDO PIERI - FRANCESCO NEGRO - ANTONIO MASONI - PIETRO TAUCER - JESSIE JAMES KING - PINETOP PERKINS - BROTHER JHON - BRIAN JAMES - DAVID PATRIK - ARYO - JOE BARR.... BASS.& DOUBLE BASS:....

CASTRESE ALBANO - STEFANO ALLEGRA - FRANCO NESTI - NICOLA VERNUCCIO - JEPY FRATTALI - FRANCESCO PIROLO - MARCO POLIDORI - MIRKO VERRENGIA - IGOR LEGARI - FRANCESCA TARANTO -LUCA BARBIERI - IVAN PANTARELLI - ANACLETO ORLANDI - ANDRE HOWARD - J.W. WILLIAMS - FELTON CREWS - SLIM - SAM - MAN AND MANY OTHERS FROM U.S.A.......

DRUMS:....

CARLO CAVALLINI - RAFFAELE CERAUDO - SIMONE CECCHI - CARMINE BLOISI - ENRICO CECCONI - RENATO UGHI - ALESSANDRO FABBRI - CASIMO MARCHESE - ALESSIO RICCIO - CLAUDIO PAOLIERI - ANDREA MELANI - WALTER PAOLI - MATTEO SODINI - FILIPPO SOLITO - DAVIDE SOLITO - STEFANO TAMBORINO - GABRIELE MASTROIANNI - ENZO LANZO - MELVIN (POOKIE) CARLISLE - P.J.(KINSTON MINES) - RIKY NELSON TONY MANGIULLO AND MANY OTHERS FROM U.S.A.....

GUITAR:....

- RICCARDO ONORI - MASSIMO RASTRELLI - LUCA GIOACCHINI -SIMONE PASCARELLA - GIAMPAOLO CARRADORI - RICCARDO GALARDINI -FILIPPO BARONTINI - NICCOLO PSQUINELLI - NICOLA BECATTINI - SERGIO MONTALENI - LUCA GIORDANO - STEFANO MORUZZI - FRANCESCO MORUZZI - MARCO ( MR.BANANA) PIERACCINI - ROBERTO (CAPPOTTO)UGGIOSI - LOE (GOODIES) BONI - JOANNA CONNOR - POUL - CAMILLERI - VANCE KELLY - CHICO BANKS - JIMMY JHONSON - CARLOS JONSON - RICO MCFARLAND - CHARLIE LOVE - LINSEY ALEXANDER - JHON PRIMER - MAGIC SLIM - ANDRE TAYLOR - JIMMY BURNS - SEMMY FENDER - LES GRETEX - MIKE WHEELER - QUINTUS MCCORMICK - TORONZO CANNON - MELVIN TAYLOR AND MANY OTHERS FROM U.S.A.....

HARP:...

. MIMMO MOLLICA - FEDERICO BERTELLI - CHRIS HARPER - BILLY BRANCH - SUGAR BLUE.... TRUMPET:.... - FILIPPO LEPRI - CLAUDIO ROSSI - LUCA MARIANNINI - MASSIMO ARCANGELI - KENNY ANDERSON - ALESSANDRO DROVANDI - STEFANO BAMBINI....

SAX:.

ROBERTO MANUZZI - CRISTIANO PACINI - CLAUDIO GIOVAGNIOLI - DARIO CECCHINI - GABRIELE DROVANDI - CARLOTTA VETTORI (FLUTE) - DIMITRI ESPINOZA - NICO GORI - MIRKO GUERRINI - VITTORIO ALINARI - MORALDO MARCHESCHI - HENK FORD - SAX GORDON - RODNEY BROWN - RONNEI G - LAWRENCE FIELDS....

SINGER:....

JOYCE HURLEY - TITTA NESTI -RENATO ZERO - ANDREA BOCELLI- NEK - ZUCCHERO FORNACIARI - SONIA PISCI - ILARIA DELLA BIDIA - DANIELA SORIA - FEDERICA GENNAI - VERUSKA CORRIERI - BOYSIE WHITE - LARRY WOODLEY - PEACHES STETEN - SHARON LEWIS - VIVIAN VANCE KELLY....

PERCUSSION:....

SILVANO DEL GADO - LORENZO RESSEL - FRANCO NICOLETTI - GIANNI CERONE -
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