Every year Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica pod Baranami brings a whole month of jazz concerts to Krakow, starting from the cult club Piwnica pod Baranami, through the Philharmonic, the Krakow Opera, the studio of Radio Krakow, the Manggha Centre to all jazz clubs of Krakow and great open-air events.
The recent edition of the festival brought jazz icons like Adam Makowicz, Tomasz Stańko, Urszula Dudziak, Michał Urbaniak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jarek Śmietana, Wojciech Karolak, Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Leszek Mozdżer, Piotr Wojtasik, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, BobbyMcFerrin, Jean Luc Ponty, Leny White, Lee Konitz, Brandford Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Maria Schneider, Eddie Henderson, Greg Osby, Hamiett Bluiet, Nigel Kennedy, Larry Coryell, The Rosenberg Trio, Rashied Ali, Ricky Ford, John Abercrombie, Nils Landgren, Joao Bosco, James Genus, Hiram Bullock, Leni Stern, Rachel Z, Vadim Brodski, Bobby McFerrin and others.
Name: Letni Festiwal Jazzowy w Piwnicy pod Baranami (Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica pod Baranami)
http://www.cracjazz.com/
Organizer: My Polish Heart Foundation, Cracovia Music Agency
Art Director: Witold Wnuk
Place: Krakow
Time: July
Stylistics: contemporary jazz, traditional jazz, straight-ahead jazz
Contact:
Tel.:/Fax: (48)12-6332839
e-mail: biuro@cracjazz.com
ul. Warszawska 18
31-155 Krakow