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Urszula Dudziak
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Urszula Dudziak was born in 1943 in Straconka, in the south of Poland. She began as a singer of jazz standards and from the 1960s sang in the group of the violinist Michał Urbaniak, whom she married. She developed a style of her own, often without words: she uses her voice as an instrument, with high flourishes, rhythmic sounds and electronic effects such as echo. In 1973 she moved to New York with Urbaniak. Papaya (1975) became her best-known song. Later she sang with Gil Evans's orchestra and with the Vienna Art Orchestra. She is one of the best-known jazz singers in Poland.
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Misty (live) · Urszula Dudziak, Michał Urbaniak & Adam Makowicz, 1969
Papaya · Urszula Dudziak, 1975
Future Talk · Urszula Dudziak, 1979
Discography
Studio albums
- 1973We’ll Remember Komeda
- 1975Urszula
- 1977Midnight Rain
- 1983Vocal Summit
- 1989Serenata
- 1997The Painted Bird ( Malowany Ptak )
- 2002And Life Goes On...
- 2008Future Talk
- ?Forever Green
- ?Newborn Light
- ?Sorrow Is Not Forever...But Love Is
- ?Ulla
Other work
- 1969New Faces in Polish Jazz · Jazz Jamboree '69
- 1975Urszula Dudziak
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Polish jazz Genre
Later the trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, the saxophonist Zbigniew Namysłowski, the violinist Zbigniew Seifert and the duo Michał Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak also became known outside Poland.