Start of the second edition of the Wola Jazz Festival at the Warsaw Breweries

Start of the second edition of the Wola Jazz Festival at the Warsaw Breweries

The first concert of the summer instalment of the Wola Jazz Festival will take place on 9 June. The artists taking part in the biggest celebration of jazz in Wola will perform on the open-air stage in the Central Garden of Warsaw Breweries. Admission to the events is free.

The second edition of the festival will run throughout June. The series of concerts on Sunday afternoons will be opened by a unique duo formed by a mother and daughter. On the stage will perform jazz icon Urszula Dudziak and Mika Urbaniak - singer, songwriter and musician, who has toured the world with Quincy Jones and his big band, Lenny Whit, Tom Brown, Richard Bona and Hiram Bullock. Her first album ‘Closer’, produced by Troy Miller, provided her with a Fryderyk Award in the ‘Best Pop Album’ category in 2010. Her subsequent albums, which were also warmly received, were produced in collaboration with Victor Davis. During the June concert at Warsaw Breweries, it will be possible to hear exceptional jazz arrangements, which she will perform with Victor Davis and with Urszula Dudziak, a leading figure on the Polish jazz music scene, known and valued worldwide for her unusual style and the unparalleled scale of her voice. Urszula Dudziak has released more than 50 albums and has performed with outstanding musicians, including: Nina Simone, Flora Purim, Ron Carter, Michael Brecker, Sting, Lionel Hampton, Bobby McFerrin and Carmen McRae. A multiple award-winner, she received a Fryderyk Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. The concert line-up will be completed by Piotr Matuszczyk (piano), Patryk Zakrzewski (drums) and Andrzej Zielak (bass).