Results for "Michal Urbaniak"

Michal Urbaniak

Voo Voo Runs the Voodoo Down

by Maciej Stasiowski
August 1, 2026

Voo Voo is the faux-phonetic transcription of how Wojciech Waglewski's initials should be pronounced in English--instead of the default “double U" times two. By no mere coincidence, it is also the name of a group he has been running since 1985. Having secured his band this way for sailing on international waters already at the outset, ...

Author George Cole On Miles Davis' Final Decade

by Jack Kenny
May 9, 2026

All About Jazz interviews George Cole author of The Last Miles, which concentrates on the final period of Miles Davis' life. Cole also maintains a website with additional interviews and research about Davis' life between 1980 and 1991. In these pages John Kelman wrote about The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991, “There ...

Lucy Southern: Lucy Southern

by Dan McClenaghan
April 18, 2025

California-born Lucy Southern, now based in France, is on a jazz journey that took her to Poland for the Seifert Competition. A wee-hours party ensued, a good time that rolled to the break of day. At one point, Southern and Michal Urbaniak, the Polish violinist, convened one-on-one to talk music. Urbaniak told Southern that he liked ...

John Lamkin: Hot

by Tony Poole
March 8, 2025

Best known as a dedicated music educator, Dr. John Lamkin II has spent decades shaping the next generation of musicians as Director of Bands at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. But in 1984, he stepped into the spotlight with Hot, a dynamic blend of fusion, R&B, and straight-ahead jazz-funk that showcased his prowess as a ...

Featuring violin players Carlo Cantini, Steve Kindler and Jean-Luc Ponty

by Len Davis
November 15, 2024

Music based on the You Tube show 4 Fusion Friday for November 2024, featuring violinist's Carlo Cantini, L Subramanium Jean-Luc Ponty, Michal Urbaniak and Steve Kindler. Playlist Carlo Cantini “Equilateral Room" from Heptagon (Sympaty) 00:00 Electric Arc “Jam Machine" from March Of Time (TRJ Jazz) Time Marker Jean-Luc Ponty “Imaginery Voyage PT 4" from ...

A Nostalgic Journey With Fusion From The '70s

by Len Davis
January 6, 2023

A nostalgic journey to the '70s with Herbie Hancock, Brand X, Soft Machine, Gong, The Eleventh House Larry Coryell, Michal Urbaniak, Brecker Brothers, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Jean-Luc Ponty.PlaylistHerbie Hancock “Sansho Shima" from Secrets (Record Label) 00:00Brand X “Malaga Virgen" from Livestock (Charisma) 05:39Soft Machine “Out Of Season" from Softs (Harvest) 11:24Gong “Boring" ...

Tomasz Stańko: Desperado, An Autobiography

by Ian Patterson
September 30, 2022

Tomasz Stańko: Desperado, An Autobiography Tomas Stańko with Rafał Księżyk 358 Pages ISBN-13 978 180050 2222 Equinox Publishing 2022 Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko packed a lot into his 76 years before succumbing to lung cancer in 2018. A lot of music, most of it of lasting value, and a ...

Sylwester Ostrowski: la musica come celebrazione della vita

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
November 8, 2021

Il sassofonista polacco Sylwester Ostrowski non è solo un brillante musicista e produttore, ma anche un promotore culturale di grande successo. In particolare, è fondatore e organizzatore dello Szczecin Jazz Festival, un evento che si svolge nella sua città natale in Polonia. Nel momento in cui Ostrowski ha ripreso a suonare dal vivo in tutta Europa ...

Sylwester Ostrowski: Music As A Celebration Of Life

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
September 19, 2021

Polish saxophonist Sylwester Ostrowski is not only a brilliant musician and producer, but an equally successful cultural promoter. In particular, he is the founder and organizer of the Szczecin Jazz Festival, a celebrated festival he organizes in his native city. As soon as he hit the road after the hiatus forced by the pandemic, we had ...