JANUSZ PRUSINOWSKI KOMPANIA
19 FEBRUARY 2021, FRIDAY, 2 PM (EST), 11 AM (PST)
National Forum of Music, Red Hall
Free live streaming at Center for World Music
Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
LIVE STREAM:
Jazztopad Festival, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York presents The Great Improvisation series online live streamed from the National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław, Poland. The series presents various faces of jazz – from bold avant-garde and daring improvisation through to the mainstream. The ideal acoustics of the NFM halls provide a perfect environment for both young Polish bands as well as established artists. The series has presented such musicians as Wynton Marsalis, Bobo Stenson, Gregory Porter, Tomasz Stańko, Kuba Więcek, Brad Mehldau, and Dianne Reeves.
The Polish jazz scene has been a strongly recognizable brand in the world, both in terms of quality of festivals and the craft of artists. Jazztopad Festival has been running for the past 17 years under the umbrella of the National Forum of Music. Jazztopad’s most distinctive feature is its commitment to commissioning new music and presenting special projects tailored for the festival. As the only Polish festival, Jazztopad has built relationships with the most important jazz centers in the world, supporting the promotion of Polish improvised music and cultural exchange for many years. Since 2015 Jazztopad has had annual editions in New York.
Friday, February 19, 2021 at 2 PM (EST), 11 AM (PST), Janusz Prusinowski Kompania is a group of musicians who follow in traditions of village masters they have learned from – but they are also an avant-garde band with their own characteristic sound and language of improvisation. They combine music with dance, and the archaic with the modern. Free live streaming at Center for World Music, Center for Traditional Music and Dance and Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music.
The Great Improvisation online series is presented by Jazztopad Festival and National Forum of Music, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York, and in collaboration with Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Center for World Music, Polish Music Center USC Thornton School of Music and Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
All concerts will also live stream on the websites and social media channels of National Forum of Music, Jazztopad Festival, Polish Cultural Institute New York and Europe Jazz Network.
