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15th Summer Jazz Festival at the Piwnica Pod Baranami
Publication date: 2010-07-06
4 July – 18 August 2010
Summer Jazz Capital
The beginning of July, the holiday period, is not usually associated with a mass of cultural events. But Kraków is the exception to the rule. The city at this time of the year is positively jumping: focussing on the concerts in the Summer Jazz Festival alone, a few big events can be singled out.
Its full name is actually the Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica Pod Baranami (Cellar under Rams) – for this is way it was conceived over a dozen years ago by the main organiser and spiritus movens of the festival, Witold Wnuk: to gather together representatives of the Polish jazz scene for a series of concerts lasting the whole of July at this home of cult cabaret, to display the traditions and contemporary aspect of this music and also to present the Jazz Ram award for lifetime achievement: back then, in the meagre 1990s, it was a signal to the world: we’re still alive! As the years went by, the festival quickly grew: it took over concert halls and the city’s open spaces and some of the world’s greatest stars appeared at it: today it is one of the most important jazz events in Poland and the largest festival presenting the output of Polish musicians.
This year the festival again surprises: the jubilee 15th edition lasts until 18 August – and there’ll be an impressive finale: with Bobby McFerrin accompanied by the NDR Big Band – well remembered in Kraków for their fantastic performers last year – and a programme specially prepared for the jubilee year – featuring the music of Chopin. Appearing earlier – on 1 August – is a fantastically talented trumpeter and composer drawing inspiration from the most diverse areas of music: Markus Stockhausen, son of the great Karlheinz. Just because it would appear that the festival’s international stars will be arriving in Kraków in August – that doesn’t mean that a potent dose of musical experiences won’t be awaiting us in July.
The festival begins on 4 July just like in previous years with a colourful New Orleans parade traversing the historical city centre and reminding us that Kraków has been the Polish hub of traditional jazz for half a century. The very next day the Śmietana – Karolak – Czerwiński Trio will be inaugurating the daily concerts in Cellar under Rams. Over the following 6 days scores of musicians, including the crème de la crème of Polish jazz and many foreign guests, will be stepping out onto the stage. It would be difficult to list all the names, but one thing is certain: emotions and a full palette featuring all types of jazz – are guaranteed.
This is “Adzik” Sendecki’s time – says Witold Wnuk – and it’s difficult not to concede this point to him. Indeed: this great jazz piano talent remained in the shadows for years, albeit in the shadow of the giants who invited him to collaborate on recordings: Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Mike Oldfield... yet it now turns out that at festival performances it was his solos that were the most rapturously applauded part of the concerts. His name only really became well known in recent years, when he settled in Hamburg after a long sojourn in the USA. Today he is regarded as one of the five best jazz pianists in the world and his new disc – Solo Piano at Schloss Elmau (2010) – should present him with the chance to further close in on this elite group… so it’s unsurprising that this year’s festival has become something of a tribute to this superb musician: he’ll be appearing several times, including a solo performance in the Manggha Museum (9 July) and also with Marek Bałata and in the aforementioned concerts of Markus Stockhausen and Bobby McFerrin.
It’s also worth mentioning that Sendecki is one of the initiators of the My Polish Heart foundation, which from this year will be supporting Polish jazz musicians. (Grzegorz Słącz, monthly "Karnet")
Programme
Special events:
4th July
New Orleans Sunday
9 July at 8 pm - Władysław"Adzik"Sendecki at Manggha Museum
17th July
Krakow's Night of Jazz 2010
at Mały Rynek
Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski Sextet
Chopin Warsaw Paris Jazz Quintet &
Orkiestra Akademii Beethovenowskiej
International Polish Jazz Group "Chopin & Jazz" - J.Jarczyk/A.Olejniczak/D.Oleszkiewicz/J.Stefanski
Marek Balata Band & Orkiestra Akademii Beethovenowskiej - Chopin Project
Rotunda Club
at 10 p.m
40th anniversary of "Laboratorium"
and guests Harlem Psychadelic (USA)
Night Club's Concerts
at 10 p.m
Harris, Piec Art, Piwnica pod Baranami, U Muniaka, Alchemia i Drukarnia
others events:
1st August
Markus Stockhausen & Władysław "Adzik" Sendecki at Manggha Museum
2nd August
Paulo Fresu Quartet at Manggha Museum
12 August at 7 p.m HERZOG RECORDS presents in Krakow Radio :
Jessica Gall-Herzog Records
Studnitzky Trio –Herzog Records
“Nighthawks”-Herzog Records
18th August, at 8 pm
Krakow Opera
Bobby McFerrin & NDR Big Band - Chopin Project
Concerts at the Piwnica pod Baranami
5.07-Śmietana/Karolak/Czerwiński
6.07-Jarek Śmietana Kwartet
7.07-JBBO
8.07-Skowron/Główczewski/Cichy/Sitkowski
9.07-"Little Egoist"
10.07-Adam Pierończyk Trio
11.07-Marek Bałata /Adzik Sendecki
12.07-"Budapest Ragtime Band"(Hungary)
13.07- Rafał Sarnecki Kwartet
14.07-Oleg Kireyev Kwartet(Russia/Poland)
15.07-Krzysztof Ścierański
16.07-Gary Wittner "Spoken here"(USA)
17.07-"Noc Jazzu" -Ewa Uryga
18.07-Strączek-Małek Group
19.07-Ilona Damięcka Kwartet+Maciek Sikała
20.07-Jarczyk/Stefański/Olejniczak/Oleszkiewicz
"International Polish Jazz Group"
21.07-Boba Jazz Band
22.07-Maciej Sikała Trio
23.07-Kuba Stankiewicz Trio
24.07-Tomasz Grochot Quintet
25.07-"Funk de Nite"+Brian Corbett
26.07-Martin Schaberl Trio (Austria)
27.07-Andrzej Przybielski & Oleś Brothers " Abstract Trio"
28.07- “New Bone”
29.07-Heavy Metal Sekstet "Reunion"
30.07- Groborz & Brazilikum 4
31.07- Adam Bałdych "Demage control"
August
1.08-Andrzej Marchewka "Beale Street Band"
2.08-Leszek Kułakowski Ensamble Piccolo"
3.08-Zbigniew Czarnecki Kwartet
4.08-Jacek Kochan & co.
5.08-"Kreszendo"
6.08-Wyleżoł/Barański/Dziedzic
7.08-"No Name" Band
8.08- Mateusz Smoczyński "New Trio"
9.08- RGG
10.08-Adam Kawończyk Kwartet
11.08– Jessica Gall-Herzog Records
12.08 – Studnitzky Trio –Herzog Records
13.08- “Nighthawks”-Herzog Records
14.08 –Konrad Orłowski Trio+Maseli
15.08-Bernard Maseli Wekka
16.08-Kuba Płużek Band
17.08-Josh Lawrence Jazz3
Additional concerts
25.07 - "Wieslaw Wilczkiewicz Ensemble" - Radio Kraków at 11.00 am
See more at: www.cracjazz.com
Source: www.karnet.krakow.pl
