As the organizers claim, Jazz in the Woods is the most romantic of all jazz festivals in Poland due to its entrancing location in the park by the lake in the Kashubia Region. The festival’s tradition are night jam sessions. The first edition took place in 1996.
Throughout the years, nearly all the outstanding Polish and many international jazz musicians have appeared on the scene of this unusual festival. Those include: Art Farmer, Nigel Kennedy, Bennie Maupin, Harvie Schwarz, Lee Konitz, Garry Bartz, Karen Edwards, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Michał Urbaniak, Wojciech Karolak, Tomasz Szukalski, Grzegorz Nagórski, Zbigniew Wegehaupt, Piotr Wojtasik, Piotr Baron, Krzysztof Herdzin, Leszek Kułakowski, Bernard Maseli, Emil Kowalski, Wojtek Staroniewicz, Adam Czerwiński, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Kazimierz Jonkisz, Piotr Rodowicz, Jacek and Wojtek Niedziela.
Name: Jazz w Lesie (Jazz in the Woods)
http://www.jazzwlesie.pl/
Art Director: Adam Czerwiński
Place: Sulęczyno
Time: July
Stylistics: contemporary jazz
Contact:
jazzwlesie@wp.pl
Jacek Leszewski Tel.: +48 601 833 402