Lotos Jazz Festival in Bielsko Biała opens the jazz festival season in Poland. Its symbolic event is the final concert which takes place in a mountain hut on Szyndzielnia Mountain, where the audience is taken in cable cars. Since 1999 the festival has been presenting various colorful phenomena in jazz music from around the world. It is also a place where young Polish jazz musicians compete for the opportunity to have their debut album recorded.
Lotos Jazz Festival has been awarded in a reader’s poll of the Jazz Forum magazine. It has hosted figures like Wayne Shorter, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, McCoy Tyner, All Foster, Charlie Haden, Ahmad Jamal, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Yellowjackets, Joe Lovano, Dave Doulgas, Terence Blanchard, Kevin Mahogany, Roy Hargrove, David Murray, James Carter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Henri Texier, Arild Andersen, Candy Dulfer, Till Broenner, Richard Galliano, Avishai Cohen, Nils Petter Molvaer, Roberta Gambarini, Saskia Laroo and Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Urszula Dudziak, Michał Urbaniak, Tomasz Stańko, Laboratorium, Leszek Możdżer, Ewa Bem or Anna Maria Jopek.
Name: Lotos Jazz Festival - Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa
http://www.zadymka.pl/
Organizer: Stowarzyszenie Sztuka Teatr (Art Theatre Association)
Art Director: Jerzy Batycki
Place: Bielsko Biała
Time: February
Stylistics: contemporary jazz, avant-garde, European jazz
Contact:
Stowarzyszenie Sztuka Teatr
ul. Mostowa 5, room 320
43-300 Bielsko-Biała
Biuro Festiwalowe (Festival Office)
Tel.: + 48 33 4827174
e-mail: office@zadymka.pl
Jerzy Batycki
batycki@zadymka.pl