From its beginning in 2003 Jazz Autumn in Bielsko Biała has been run by Tomasz Stańko in cooperation with ECM Records. Its scene has gathered some prominent artists of the European and world improvised music like Cecil Taylor or Ornette Coleman, jazz stars like John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, and Charles Lloyd, renowned musicians of the middle generation including Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, Craig Taborn or Mark Turner as well as rising stars like David Virelles, Colin Vallon or Maciej Obara. Every year the festival audience witness a premiere concert prepared by Tomasz Stańko. Another custom of Jazz Autumn is also the opening concert of traditional jazz.
Name: Jazzowa Jesień w Bielsku Białej
http://www.jazzowajesien.pl/
Organizer: Bielskie Centrum Kultury (Cultural Centre in Bielsko Biała), Fire - Anna Stańko, Town Council in Bielsko Biała
Art Director: Tomasz Stańko
Place: Bielsko Biała
Time: November
Stylistics: contemporary jazz, avant-garde, European jazz
Contact:
Bielskie Centrum Kultury
Juliusza Słowackiego 27
Bielsko-Biała
Producer: Anna Stańko, contact@tomaszstanko.com