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Michal Urbaniak • Jazz Legends




Biography
Once Poland's most promising import in the jazz-rock 1970s, Michal Urbaniak's chief value in retrospect was as a fellow traveler of Jean-Luc Ponty, a fluid advocate of the electric violin, the lower-pitched Violectra, and the Lyricon (the first popular, if now largely under-utilized wind synthesizer). Like many Eastern European jazzmen, he would incorporate elements of Polish folk music into his jazz pursuits, and his other heroes range from the inevitable Miles Davis to Polish classicist Witold Lutoslawski. His electric violin was often filtered with a gauze of electronic modifying devices, and on occasion, he could come up with an attractively memorable composition like "Satin Lady." Urbaniak began playing the violin at age six, followed by studies on the soprano and then tenor saxophones. His interests in jazz developed chronologically from Dixieland to swing to bop as he grew up, and he studied at the Academy of Music in Warsaw while working in various Polish jazz bands and playing classical violin. In 1965, he formed his own band in Scandinavia with singer Urszula Dudziak (later his wife), returning to Poland in 1969 to found Constellation, which included pianist Adam Makowicz. Having won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music upon being voted Best Soloist at the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival, Urbaniak made the U.S. his home in 1973. He soon formed a popular jazz-rock group called Fusion, recording for Columbia and Arista in a Mahavishnu Orchestra/Ponty fashion, with Dudziak adding darting, slippery scat vocals. This group lasted until 1977, and Urbaniak's profile would never be as high again, although he performed with Larry Coryell in 1982-1983, led the new electric group Urbanator in the 1990s, and has performed and recorded in other styles ranging from bop to free jazz into the 21st century. ~ Richard S. Ginell

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Biografía
Una vez la importación más prometedora de Polonia en la década de 1970 del jazz-rock, el principal valor de Michal Urbaniak en retrospectiva fue como compañero de viaje de Jean-Luc Ponty, un defensor fluido del violín eléctrico, la Violectra de tono más bajo y el Lyricon (el primer , si ahora es un sintetizador de viento en gran parte infrautilizado). Como muchos jazzistas de Europa del Este, incorporaba elementos de la música folclórica polaca en sus actividades de jazz, y sus otros héroes van desde el inevitable Miles Davis hasta el clasicista polaco Witold Lutoslawski. Su violín eléctrico a menudo se filtraba con una gasa de dispositivos de modificación electrónica y, en ocasiones, podía llegar a una composición atractiva y memorable como "Satin Lady". Urbaniak comenzó a tocar el violín a los seis años, seguido de estudios de soprano y luego saxofones tenor. Su interés por el jazz se desarrolló cronológicamente desde Dixieland hasta el swing y el bop a medida que crecía, y estudió en la Academia de Música de Varsovia mientras trabajaba en varias bandas de jazz polacas y tocaba el violín clásico. En 1965, formó su propia banda en Escandinavia con la cantante Urszula Dudziak (más tarde su esposa), regresando a Polonia en 1969 para fundar Constellation, que incluía al pianista Adam Makowicz. Habiendo ganado una beca para el Berklee College of Music al ser votado como Mejor Solista en el Festival de Jazz de Montreux de 1971, Urbaniak hizo de Estados Unidos su hogar en 1973. Pronto formó un popular grupo de jazz-rock llamado Fusion, grabando para Columbia y Arista en un Mahavishnu Orchestra / Ponty a la moda, con Dudziak añadiendo voces scat resbaladizas y rápidas. Este grupo duró hasta 1977, y el perfil de Urbaniak nunca volvería a ser tan alto, aunque actuó con Larry Coryell en 1982-1983, lideró el nuevo grupo eléctrico Urbanator en la década de 1990, y ha actuado y grabado en otros estilos que van desde el bop hasta el libre. jazz en el siglo XXI. ~ Richard S. Ginell



 
Tracks:
1 - Softly As In Aa Morning Sunrise
2 - In Your Own Sweet Way
3 - A Child Is Born
4 - Sister Sadie
5 - Cafe Mirage
6 - Harvest
7 - Blues No Blues
8 - Outbound
 
 
 



 

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