Jazz
Jazz has a well-established pedigree in Poland ever since the 1950s, when bebop broke through in a country hungry for Western forms of free expression. This explosion of interest in jazz brought forth a wealth of local talent, most notably Krzystof Komeda , who wrote edgy, experimental scores for Roman Polanski's early movies during the sixties. Other home-grown musicians who made it into the international big league include tenorist Zbigniew Namyslowski , singer Urszula Dudziak , violinist Michal Urbaniak and trumpeter Tomas Stanko . Namyslowski and Stanko are still very much around on the gig circuit, and CD reissues featuring all the above names can be picked up in Polish record shops. The annual Warsaw Jazz Jamboree in October is well established as a major international event that always attracts a roster of big names. There's a reasonably healthy jazz club scene in the major cities - especially Krakow, which regards itself as the spiritual home of Polish jazz.
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