The festival mirrors an annual jazz festival that has unfolded for over fifty years in the historic city of Krakow, Poland. Over time, the Chicago counterpart has grown to become a popular event with both the local Polish community and American music connoisseurs.
This year, as many as fifty musicians, representing various jazz styles, will perform on two stages at the Chopin Theatre till’ the sunrise…
At this year Festival we’ll have a line-up of wonderful artists:
- Zbigniew Namysłowski Quartet – Zbigniew Namyslowski (Poland) – sax, Adam Czerwinski (Poland)- drums, Vijay Tellis-Nayak – piano, Eric Hochberg – bass
- Bill Neal (Australia) sax, Krzysztof Pabian – bass, Brian Wilkie – guitar
- Better than TV – Dough Rosenberg Quartet – Dough Rosenberg, Rob Clearfield, Matt Ulery, and Makaya McCraven
- An On Bast (Anna Suda) / Maciej Fortuna (Poland) – trąbka, live electronics
- Tom Pilewski Band – Malgorzata Petr (vocal), Tom Pilewski (drums), Andy Grzelak (bass), Jonathan Dawson (guitar) and Michal Sztygar (piano)
- Wishing Well – Sergiusz Zgrzebski Band
- Mieczysław Wolny -flute
- Ludomir Marcin Januszkiewicz (Chicago Coalition) and Frieda Lee
- Grażyna Auguścik Band
- Tad “TeeMack” Janik Band
- Le Percolateur – Marielle de Rocca-Serra -violin, Stacy McMichael – bass, Sam Random-guitar, Kevin Rush-guitar, Candance Washburn-vocal
- Xazz Quintet – Daniel Jonak – Guitar, Sam Subar – Drums, Michael Brook – Saxophone, Adam Adelstein – Piano, Michael Salgado – Base Guitar
For more information, participation possibilities, sponsorship and volunteering opportunities please contact Tadeusz “Ted” Zaczek, 773-457-7267
