Michał Urbaniak

Biography

Polish jazz violinist and saxophonist from Warsaw who led his own group from 1969 and, after emigrating to the United States, fused Polish folk themes with funk on #Columbia Records# albums such as 'Fusion III' (1975). He later appeared on *Miles Davis*'s 'Tutu' and pioneered jazz-rap fusion with Urbanator. He remains Poland's most internationally successful jazz musician, still performing and recording into his eighties.