Band:

Michal Urbaniak – violin
Ron Carter – double bass
Mike Gerber – piano
Lenny White – drums

TRACKLIST:
Side A
01. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise – 7:26
02. A Child Is Born – 7:05
03. Cafe Mirage – 7:49

Side B:
01. In Your Own Sweet Way – 12:21
02. Sister Sadie – 9:04

Musicians:
Michal Urbaniak – violin
Ted Dunbar – guitar
Lenny Barron – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Track list:

SIDE A:
1. Yeah
2. Sugar
3. Pretext
4. House of Jade
SIDE B:
1. Silver Serenade
2. Cookin 'at the Continental
3. Kasia’s Legend
4. Deadline

Fusion III Tracklist:

Side A
01. Chinatown (Part I)
02. Kuyaviak Goes Funky0
03. Roksana
04. Crazy Kid
05. Prehistoric Bird

Side B
01. Bloody Kishka
02. Cameo
03. Stretch
04. Metroliner
05. Chinatown (Part II)

Fusion III Artist list:

Michal Urbaniak – electric violin, violin, synthesizer
Urszula Dudziak – voice, percussion, electronic percussion
Wlodek Gulgowski – electric piano, Moog, and electric organ
Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
Gerald Brown – drums
Steve Gadd – drums
Larry Coryell – guitar
John Abercrombie – guitar
Joe Caro – guitar
Bernard Kafka – voice

Not only the virtuosity of Michał Urbaniak, but also his love of electronic sounds, synthesizers and the instrument that is forgotten today – lyricon – make „Body English” a unique album. Urszula Dudziak still surprises with its reckless vocals, as well as the ingenious use of effects. It doesn’t get boring! The album also played an excellent pianist and keyboardist – Harold „Ivory” Williams. These three, together with the rest of the New York band, recorded an album full of high-quality modern music. Also noteworthy is the intriguing cover designed by Ryszard Horowitz!

TRACKLIST:

SIDE ONE
New York Polka – 5:56
Aflatus – 1:39
Zad – 6:50
Quintone – 2:30

SIDE TWO
Body English – 6:01
Lyricon – 6:58
Satin Lady – 5:52
Zomar Land – 1:11

FEATURING:
Bass – Basil Fearington
Congas – Earl Crusher Bennett* (tracks: B1, B4)
Design, Art Direction – Bob Heimal*
Drums – Steve Jordan
Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Harold Ivory Williams*
Guitar – Joe Caro
Mastered By – George Piros
Photography By – Ryszard Horowitz
Recorded By – Gene Paul, Les Paul, Jr.
Violin, Lyricon, Organ [Farfisa Organ], Synthesizer [Violin Synthesizer, Polymoog], Producer – Michal Urbaniak*
Voice – Bernard Kafka*
Voice, Percussion, Synthesizer – Urszula Dudziak

One of the most important jazz-hop albums is making a comeback ON VINYL! Urbanator was Michal’s brainchild inspired by the growing influence of hip-hop in the 90s New York City.

Beside the original band members (Michal Urbaniak, Lenny White, Al McDowell, Jon Dryden) many legendary musicians have joined forces with Michal to record this album. The Brecker Brothers, Tom Browne, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Garrett headline the guests’ star power, which contributed to Urbanator gaining “cult” status among fellow musicians and jazz fans all around the world.

Get your Hot Jazz Biscuits ready, because the Urbanator I will soon be available at https://urbanator.shop

In 2011 UNESCO designated April 30th as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its role of uniting people. We could not agree more, although there’s one more thing that UNESCO did not mention in their description.

JAZZ IS FREEDOM

Freedom of expression, freedom of rhythm, freedom from labels and musical form. What we love about jazz is that it has no boundaries, jazz music can be everything you want it to be, or as Michał likes to say: Don’t Play the Music, Let the Music Play

The International Jazz Day is just around the corner. Make yourself a gift and celebrate the great story of freedom with one of Urbaniak’s „Jazz Legends” albums featuring some of the best to ever do it: Lenny White, Mike Gerber, Ron Carter, Ted Dunbar, Buster Williams, and Roy Haynes.

Mr. T. is a 2019 Polish comedy-drama film directed by Marcin Krzyształowicz, based on a screenplay written with Andrzej Gołda.

My bike – Polish feature film from 2012, directed by Piotr Trzaskalski.

Sufferrosa is an INTERACTIVE FILM made for the web – it is not a movie website. Sufferrosa is meant to be interactive and non-linear, with the v-user (viewer/user) deciding what to see and in what order.

6 Days of the Ostrich is a 2000 Polish feature film. It was filmed in Warsaw, Pruszków and Powsin. The shooting lasted from 4 July to 5 August 2000.

Farewell to Autumn – Polish film from 1989, directed by Mariusz Treliński. Adaptation of the novel by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz under the same title.

The album also features other jazz legends:
Ron Carter – double bass
Mike Gerber – piano
Lenny White – drums

TRACK LIST:

SIDE A:
01. Stella by Starlight – 13:30
02. Satin Lady – 5:52

SIDE B:
01. Star dust – 11:46
02. I just love you – 4:40
03. Viscan – 6:07

TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS:

TRACKLIST: VINYL 1:

SIDE A:

• 01. All Blues 4:27 Mika Urbaniak – vocal Michał Urbaniak – violin, Tom Browne – trumpet John Drydon & Lenny White – drums
• 02. Romance 3:01 Michał Urbaniak – violin, Bernard Wright – piano, Marcus Miller – bass guitar, Lenny White – drums
• 03. I Just Love You 5:17 Michał Urbaniak – violectra Bernard Wright – piano, Spaceman – guitar Otto Williams – bass guitar Lenny White – drums

SIDE B:

• 01. Manhattan Man 5:12 Michał Urbaniak – talking violin Otto Williams – bass guitar Derren Quinland – drums & drums programming Nat Townsley – drums
• 02. Nirvana 5:44 Michał Urbaniak – violin Bernard Wright – piano Marcus Miller – bass guitar Lenny White – drums

VINYL 2:

Side A:

• 01. Facts of Life 6:49 Michał Urbaniak – electric violin Urszula Dudziak – vocal Larry Coryell – guitar Bernard Wright – piano Victor Bailey – bass guitar Omar Hakim – drums
• 02. Serenada 4:44 Michał Urbaniak – violin Bernard Wright – piano Marcus Miller – bass guitar Lenny White – drums

Side B:

• 01. Paris Groove 6:21 Michał Urbaniak – violin Herbie Hancock – piano Otto Williams – bass guitar Lenny White – drums
• 02. Fall 4:42 Michał Urbaniak – violin & lyricon Kenny Kirkland – keyboards Marcus Miller – bass guitar Buddy Williams – drums

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Urbanator’s Essentials handed personally by Michał Urbaniak can be auctioned off for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy) as part of the Legalna Kultury auction.

See with your eyes! is the slogan of this year’s 30th edition of WOŚP, during which money is collected to buy equipment for pediatric ophthalmology. As every year, artists and other public figures actively join the collection, which is part of the summer scramble in the middle of winter.

We are happy that Michał Urbaniak, a friend and ambassador of Legal Culture, is playing with us.

The winner or the winner of the auction will have a chance to meet this extraordinary Artist.

The essentials include:

Re-edition of the legendary „Urbanator” CD
Vinyl and CD „Urbanator Days, Beats & Pieces”
The book „I, Urbanator” by Andrzej Makowiecki
The audiobook „I, Urbanator” read by Andrzej Chyra
T-shirt Urbanator Days, in the size of a person who wins the auction
A mug with Urbanator’s image
Urbanator’s notebook
The commemorative CD compilation „Urbanator Days. Take Your Axe & Join US!”
A pair of socks with Urbanator series 🙂
Urbanator Cap
and Urbanator shoes

Michał Urbaniak is a guest of Jarek Kuźniar in onet morning program.