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The European Boogie - Funky - Soul Sound. The new blues revolution ! 
 

Tomasz DZIANO

Krzysztof MAJCHRZAK

Stéphane RANALDI

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Tomasz DZIANO - Stéphane RANALDI - Krzysztof MAJCHRZAK

STREET BLUES, originally a 100 % acoustic and Polish group, was created in 1986 in Poland by Tomasz Dziano (vocals and guitar). From its beginning, Street Blues has toured Poland, and soon appeared on an album dedicated to the best Polish blues bands of the time. Street Blues had such a good reputation that it was mentioned in the Polish blues encyclopaedia and invited to many blues festivals in Poland, including RAWA BLUES. The group then crossed Europe from East to West to perform in countries like Germany, the Netherlands and France, where they eventually settled down in 1993, and were joined by Krzysztof Majchrzak (bass). 
 

The band turned electric to take on a new dimension with the couple Dziano-Majchrzak. Two completely different worlds meet: Tomasz's authentic blues in the line of the genre's greatest names, and Krzysztof's free jazz universe, leading to their first album "Driving Licence" in 1996. 

At this stage, Street Blues has already taken part in many festivals, among others Nancy Jazz Pulsation, Garden Blues, Salaise-Sur-Sanne, Saint Chammond, Festival Blues 4 in France, and has met on stage great names of blues like Magic Slim, Marva Wright, Bernard Allison, Eddy Clearwater, Champion Jack Dupree, Bill Thomas, John Primer, Manu Galvin, J.J. Milteau. Unfortunately the manager of the time disappeared with the money and further personal problems put Street Blues aside for a time. In these difficult times, any other band would have split. 

On the contrary, Street Blues was able to tighten their links and transform the various ordeals into positive energy. They've come back to the foreground with a new album " Prodigal son", a genuine manifesto in their personal style based on their own culture and the subtly assimilated influence of the greatest masters.

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Tomasz DZIANO
He was born in Lodz (Poland) and has practised music from an early age and eventually became a professional. He discovered blues in Poland where, despite communism, blues and jazz were widely popular. 

Even if, at that time, he had to boil his guitar strings to clean them, for want of getting any new ones, he remained faithful to the great masters of blues. As author, composer and performer he was influenced especially by John Lee Hooker, whose repertoire he has at his fingertips, and by Otis Rush.

The band was built around his warm voice and his intense way of playing the guitar. As comfortable in solo with his guitar, in the great tradition of Juke Joint, as with the band, his style has stirred the blood of audiences in the various countries he has visited. His music owes as much to his personal and Poland's history as to his encounters with many blues-men he has played with in Europe and also in the USA. 
 

Krzysztof MAJCHRZAK
Coming from Czestochowa (Poland) he  learned double bass at the National Music Academy. Author, composer, performer he has developed a refined style that has enabled him to play with the most importants Polish groups : Tie Break, New Jazz Band, Sunset, Symphonie Sound Orchestra, Labirynt featuring well known Polish musicians such as H. Gembalski, T. Szkalski, M. Zduniak, W. Kiniorski, J.Y. Iwanski, J. Smietana, R. Styla, A. Przybielski, M. Popieszalski, S. Sojka, K. Debski.... 

His talent also has allowed him to share the stage with people like E. Howell, T Bergeron, R. Hollander, W. Lang, Laurent Lévesque, Stéphane Lambert, Pascal Boudrault, and Philippe Garcia. His name thus has appeared on several albums that were recorded in Europe and the USA. He left Poland and met in France Tomasz Dziano during the "Jazz à Vienne Festival". Beyond their different musical backgrounds, they were able to connect around STREET BLUES's soul.

From then on, his energy and generosity on stage, together with his 
improvisation skills, have brought a rare freshness to their blues. His 
very personal play, without denying his rhythmic function, highlights 
the vocals and guitar and is one of the key elements composing the 
band's musical flavour.

Stéphane RANALDI

young talented drummer, gold medal for jazz drums at the Conservatoire National de Lyon, plays with Street Blues on stage. His first participation in a Street Blues album was on "Prodigal Son". 

Influenced by drummers like Jimmy Cobb, Elvin Jones  or Peter Erskine, he contributes to the rhythmic with his creativity and feeling for nuance. 
 

And friends ...

Finally, the trio has also performed as a quartet with Marek MARSZALEK ( tenor & alto sax), Laurent COULAUD (drums), who both participated in the recording of the first album, "Driving Licence" , like Henry GEMBALSKI (violin), Fred BROUSSE (Harmonica), and Franck CHESSA (trumpet). 
And off course Philippe “ Pipon ” GARCIA (drums) and R.L. “ Kouki ” Portellano (organ) who participated in the recording of the latest album “Prodigal Son”.
 
 

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