Line up: Mz Dee - Vocals Maurizio Pugno - Guitars, Band Leader, Arrangements and Horns Arrangements Alberto Marsico - Organ , Keyboards Gio Rossi – Drums with THE CAPE HORNS: Mirko Pugno - Trumpet Cristiano Arcelli - Alto Sax Giordano Biccheri - Tenor Sax Andrea Angeloni - Trombone and THE SUBLIMES: Gloria Bianco Vega - Backing Vocals Elisabetta Rafaele - Backing Vocals Lorenza Giusiano - Backing Vocals Oakland born, DeJuana Rochon Logwood (MZ DEE) has lived all over the East Bay, from the hills of Berkeley to her favorite home, a houseboat floating upon the Oakland/Alameda Riviera. From this early beginning, Mz Dee developed a burning desire to pursue her art, and the passion to share her music. Over the past 15 years that Mz. Dee has been blessed with the opportunity to sing with some of the best musicians anywhere, performing in many of the great venues both here in the bay area and internationally. Mz Dee shows both her performing on the CDs performed and written with MAURIZIO PUGNO, one of the best italian blues musician today; “Letters From The Bootland”, released on 2012, and “The Next Episode”, released on 2013. These are a journey through the worlds of Blues, Funk, Rock, R’n’B and Soul from pen of the renowned Etta James, Billy Preston, Al Kooper, Bobby Bland, Allen Toussaint, Ester Phillips, to originals from Maurizio Pugno and Mz Dee. Over the years, Mz. Dee has played with many great musicians but above all others, Mz. Dee puts her mother, Rochon Hemmans, noted as one of the Bay Area's top church organists and arrangers, as her first influence and greatest inspiration in the music world. Mz. Dee remembers sitting on her lap while she directed and sang with the church choir, laughing as she recall: "She also threw a pretty good hymn book at us from the throne of the organ pit if we acted up in church.." This American/Italian project shows Mz Dee together with some Italians' finest blues musicians today: THE MAURIZIO PUGNO ORGAN TRIO feat. ALBERTO MARSICO and GIO ROSSI plus THE CAPE HORNS and THE SUBLIMES. Maurizio Pugno is an elegant player who knows in detail several musical styles. His attempt is to make music that is genuine and melodic, and that doesn't forget the roots of Black Music. He is known as a perfect accompanist for vocalists. He has accompanied and recorded with some of the best blues singers that have toured Europe, such notables as Sugar Ray Norcia (with two cds produced by Jerry Hall for the American label Pacific Blues Records; “That’s What I Found Out” on 2007 and “Kill The Coffée” on 2010), Mark Dufresne, Tad Robinson, Lynwood Slim, Kellie Rucker, Mark Hummel, Dave Specter and many others. Gio Rossi (on drums) and Alberto Marsico (on organ) are two of the best musicians all around the world. They played with many great musicians such as Joey de Francesco, Larry Taylor, Scott Hamilton, Alex Schultz, Brian Templeton, Jesse Davis, Jimmy Whiterspoon, Finis Tasby, Sugar Blue, Jimmy Cobb, Bobby Durham, Kenny Burrell, Fabrizio Bosso etc. They traveled all around the world partecipating in many of the most important festivals and recording several CDs (Maurizio Pugno's albums included). With their CDs and with their performances the band has established a well-deserved reputation for getting toes tapping, and dance floors bouncing throughout the world, accumulating also numerous awards and critical praise. The CAPE HORNS (Mirko Pugno on trumpet, Cristiano Arcelli on Alto Sax, Andrea Angeloni on trombone and Giordano Biccheri on Tenor Sax) and the vocal group called THE SUBLIMES (Gloria Bianco Vega, Elisabetta Rafaele and Lorenza Giusiano) complete the band. Cristiano Arcelli is one of the best sax player, jazz composers and arrangers in Italy (working with Ana Popovick, Mike Zito, John Arnold, Michael Rosen, Cristina Zavalloni, Tony Mann, Pietro Tonolo, John Betsch, and many others)... Stay Tuned!!!