Solidarity of Arts: SWING +

About this event

“Swing+” is the main event of the 2015 Solidarity of Arts festival. It is the first time that a style of jazz (and not a jazz musician) constitutes the title of our event – since 2010 Poland’s biggest outdoor jazz concert of the year. On August 15th we will pay tribute to Swing – the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1946, a style that originated from jazz music of the 1920s. We will also pay tribute to Polish swing hits that will be performed by both legendary Polish vocalists and our esteemed foreign stars, including Grammy Award winners Patti Austin, Kurt Elling and WDR Big Band.

For those who will not be able to make it to Gdańsk: Swing+ will be broadcast live by the Polish national TVP 2. If you are new to the festival and are yet to witness the “+” project, TV or in person, please have a look at “Esperanza+”, one of most extraordinary jazz evenings in Poland’s recent history, voted “Concert of the Year” in Jazz Forum’s (Poland’s oldest jazz magazine) annual readers’ poll and “Jazz Event of the Year” in the JazzPRESS magazine’s annual Internet poll.

Starring:

Patti Austin (United States)
Kurt Elling (United States)
WDR Big Band (Germany)
Stanisław Soyka (Poland)
Ewa Bem (Poland)
Hanna Banaszak (Poland)
Aga Zaryan (Poland)
New York Voices (United States)
Roger Berg Big Band (Sweden)
Pasadena Roof Orchestra (United Kingdom)
Wojciech Karolak (Poland)

Written and directed by Krzysztof Materna
Stage Design: Radek Dębniak

We hope to see you soon at Swing+, Solidarity of Arts 2015!