The biggest Polish jazz festival, gathering outstanding Polish and foreign jazzmen.
The Summer Jazz Festival in the Cellar under the Rams was organized for the first time in 1996 during the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Cellar under the Rams. The founder and director of the Festival – Witold Wnuk, inspired by the legendary Piotr Skrzynecki, presented a month-long series of daily concerts in the Cellar in July. Year by year the Festival expanded its formula, presenting, besides daily concerts in ICE Krakow and the Cellar under the Rams, concerts in the Philharmonic Hall, the Krakow Opera House, Auditorium Maximum, Radio Krakow, the Manggha Centre, all jazz clubs in Krakow, as well as great outdoor concerts and events – such as the New Orleans Sunday and Jazz Night.
Currently the festival is the biggest Polish jazz festival and one of the biggest in Europe.
During the last 21 years all top Polish jazz musicians have performed (Adam Makowicz, Tomasz Stanko, Urszula Dudziak, Michal Urbaniak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jarek Smietana, Wojciech Karolak, Jan “Ptaszyn” Wróblewski, Leszek Możdżer, Piotr Wojtasik…) as well as many foreign stars (i.a. Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin, Robert Glasper, Jean Luc Ponty, Leny White, Branford Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Maria Schneider, Eddie Henderson, Greg Osby, Richard Bona, Nigel Kennedy, Larry Coryell, The Rosenberg Trio, Rashied Ali, Ricky Ford, John Abercrombie, Nils Landgren, Joao Bosco, James Genus, Al Jarreau, Billy Cobham, John Scofield, Take 6, NDR BigBand, Stanley Clarke, Hiram Bullock, Leni Stern, Rachel Z, Vadim Brodski. ..).
The festival consists of about 100 concerts every year. Nearly 300 Polish and foreign artists perform for about 40,000 guests.
Line up:
Mike Verba feat. Michał Urbaniak, Wayne Escoffery & Ronnie Burrage
Yellowjackets
Violin Summit: Adam Bałdych & Roby Lakatos
Marcus Miller
Miłosz Bazarnik 5tet – NEW MARKET
Michel Camilo
Jan Garbarek Group feat. Trilok Gurtu
Summer Jazz Festival Krakow
Location: Krakow
Starts: 8:00 pm
+48 12 357 69 22
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