Wikimedia Commons (kolaż) · CC BY-SA 4.0Warszawa
The capital of institutional Polish jazz: the Polskie Nagrania studios, the Jazz Jamboree festival, clubs and radio programmes that shaped the scene from the 1950s onward.
The city scene
The capital of institutional Polish jazz: the Polskie Nagrania studios, the Jazz Jamboree festival, clubs and radio programmes that shaped the scene from the 1950s onward.
Scene artists
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY 4.0Zbigniew Namysłowski
Alto saxophonist and composer, author of Lola, who blended jazz with Polish folk rhythms.
Dorota Koperska · CC BY-SA 4.0Michał Urbaniak
Violinist and saxophonist, a pioneer of Polish fusion, active also on the New York scene.
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY 4.0Wojciech Karolak
Pianist and Hammond organist, valued for his swinging, bluesy language and sense of humor.
Przemysław Jahr · Public domainJan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
Tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger, one of the most important animators of the Polish jazz scene.
Marta Orlik · CC BY-SA 3.0Aga Zaryan
Jazz vocalist with a warm timbre, the first Polish woman to record for Blue Note.