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Michal Urbaniak's Album ”žMiles of Blue” gained the status of the double Platinum Album

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

On 05.10.2009 Michal Urbaniak's album „Miles of Blue” was released. The album (with a title that is a characteristic for Urbaniak play on words) is a tribute to the art of the jazz god Miles Davis. The Artist recorded the album in cooperation with a number of distinguished musicians from New York and abroad. Michal Urbaniak, a New Yorker by choice, is the only violinist to have worked with the guru of world jazz – Michal Urbaniak. The album remained among the top five bestsellers on the european chain of music stores and within two months gained the status of the double Platinum Album.

On 6 June 2010, during a special concert at the amphitheatre of the SowiÅ„ski Park in the Wola district of Warsaw, MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak will receive the Platinum Album. The concert - under the title this time of "Miles & More" - open a new project for the Artist, involving a number of great musicians and artists of different generations. Work on the new album will initiate MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak's autumn concert tour, part of the cycle of Urbanator Days. Traditionally the Wola concert will be graced with the presence of many musicians of stature that MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak is accustomed to inviting to this type of event. In October last year (Jazz Jamboree) Urbaniak surprised the audience during a fantastically received tribute concert to Miles Davis. He invited on the stage the wildly popular rapper O.S.T.R. and the talented jazz singer Monika Borzym. A tried and tested musical combination will perform on 6 June, including Otto Williams, Troy Miller, Femi and other musicians well known to the Polish audiences. At the moment MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak is in New York, where preparations are in progress to the forthcoming release of his album. Many distinguished artists will participate in its recording like.. Xantone Blacq - keys & vocals Jan smoczynski - piano & keys Otto Williams – bas guitar Femi – guitar Troy Miller – drums And...more to be anounced...

Miles of Blue Story

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

I was 14 when Miles Davis became my hero, the successor to Winnetou – he became my hero for life. To this day he is the greatest role model as a muso (for me, musicians are divided into professional musicians and musos). A muso can be illiterate or can be a great composer and musician who plays music for the sake of music, because they love music. And professional musicians are those who will notice during the rehearsal that at 12 noon they've got a break. When Miles Davis died I already had more than ten pieces at the ready, but when I saw that everyone was making a Miles D album, I decided to pull out of this unhealthy competition. And the drafts, I've kept them to this day. This year – on August 17 it will be 50 years since the release of Davis's “Kind of Blue”. I decided to commemorate the album, the best-selling album in jazz history (quadruple platinum, 200,000 copies sold annually). And the album is still on top. If I were to go on a desert island, that would be the record I would take as the only one. Out of adoration for Miles and respect for musicians, who have played with me or with Miles, I decided to release the record after all and I called it „Miles Of Blue”.

MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak w hoÅ‚dzie dla Milesa Davisa.

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

50 lat upÅ‚ynÄ™Å‚o od czasu wydania ”žKind Of Blue” Milesa Davisa. Ta najpopularniejsza, najbardziej uznana i najlepiej sprzedajÄ…ca siÄ™ pÅ‚yta w historii jazzu naleÅ¼y do ulubionych pÅ‚yt Å›wiatowej sÅ‚awy skrzypka MichaÅ‚a Urbaniaka. PonoÄ‡ gdyby artysta miaÅ‚ jechaÄ‡ na bezludnÄ… wyspÄ™ to wÅ‚aÅ›nie tÄ™ pÅ‚ytÄ™, jako jedynÄ…, zabraÅ‚by ze sobÄ….

Po raz pierwszy Miles Davis usÅ‚yszaÅ‚ Urbaniaka w sÅ‚ynnym amerykaÅ„skim programie ”žTonight Show”, prowadzonego w NBC przez Johnny’ego Garsona. To wÅ‚aÅ›nie Garson powiedziaÅ‚ o muzyce Urbaniaka, Å¼e : ”ž od czasÃ³w StonesÃ³w to najÅ›wieÅ¼sze i najciekawsze brzmienie, jakie sÅ‚yszaÅ‚em”. Gdy Davis zobaczyÅ‚ i usÅ‚yszaÅ‚ Urbaniaka w ”žTonight Show” powiedziaÅ‚: ”žGive Me this polish fucking fiedler, he's got the sound”. WkrÃ³tce po tym doszÅ‚o do spotkania obu artystÃ³w przy nagraniu sÅ‚ynnej plyty ”žTutu” w 1985 roku.

Po Å›mierci Milesa Davisa MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak miaÅ‚ przygotowane kilkanaÅ›cie utworÃ³w w swoich aranÅ¼acjach, ale jak zobaczyÅ‚, Å¼e kaÅ¼dy nagrywa pÅ‚ytÄ™ dla Davisa, wycofaÅ‚ siÄ™ z tej konkurencji. Szkice zachowaÅ‚ do dziÅ› i wÅ‚aÅ›nie niektÃ³re z nich znalazÅ‚y siÄ™ na najnowszej pÅ‚ycie artysty ”žMiles Of Blue”, ktÃ³rej premiera odbÄ™dzie siÄ™ 5 paÅºdziernika 2009 roku. PÅ‚yta powstaÅ‚a z uwielbienia dla Milesa i szacunku dla muzykÃ³w, ktÃ³rzy grali z Milesem Davisem i MichaÅ‚em Urbaniakiem.

Pod tym samym tytuÅ‚em 25 paÅºdziernika w Sali Kongresowej w Warszawie z udziaÅ‚em Å›wiatowej sÅ‚awy muzykÃ³w MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak zagra specjalny tribute dla Milesa.

”žPrzez wiÄ™kszoÅ›Ä‡ kariery artystycznej miaÅ‚em Å›wietne wyczucie do mÅ‚odych talentÃ³w. WiÄ™kszoÅ›Ä‡ moich mÅ‚odych muzykÃ³w jako doroÅ›li grali z Milesem, Weather Report czy Joe Zawinulem. Nigdy nie zwracaÅ‚em uwagi, aby mieÄ‡ wielkie nazwiska na swoich pÅ‚ytach, a raczej Å›wietnych muzykÃ³w. Czas jednak zrobiÅ‚ swoje i moi mÅ‚odzi muzycy stali siÄ™ wielkimi nazwiskami”.

Wraz z Urbaniakiem zagrajÄ…: Tom Browne - trÄ…bka, Dave Gilmore - gitara, Otto Williams - bas, Troy Miller - perkusja, rapper NATO i wielu innych specjalnie zaproszonych goÅ›ci.

Podczas koncertu MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak zagra na swoich ”žtalking violin”, o ktÃ³rych mÃ³wi: ”žGrajÄ…c na swoich skrzypcach , Å›piewam przez specjalny mikrofon, znajdujÄ…cy siÄ™ przy ustach. Zmienia on barwy, jest czymÅ› w rodzaju filtra. GrajÄ…c po prostu Å›piewam caÅ‚y czas i w ten sposÃ³b uzyskuje ”žfeeling jazzowy”, ktÃ³ry tak bardzo kocham i kojarzÄ™ ze swoim graniem saksofonowym oraz z moimi ukochanymi Å›piewaczkami jazzowymi”.

Podczas koncertu usÅ‚yszymy utwory z najnowszej pÅ‚yty. Nie zabraknie takÅ¼e specjalnego wykonania ”žDon’t Lose Your Mind” z pÅ‚yty ”žTutu” i sÅ‚ynnej solÃ³wki Urbaniaka, ktÃ³ra podbiÅ‚a Å›wiat.

Fusion III Released

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Famous vintage cd Michal Urbaniak Fusion III has beed released! Featurion artists like Ursula Dudziak, Anthony Jackson and Steve Gadd Cd has lot of challenging compositions by the leader and is available at CD Baby and lot of download shops around the world incuding iTunes! Famous album will also be released as hi-end vinyl release.

UrbanatorDays

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Warsaw, June 11.2007
To whom it may concern
The International Production Group UBX would like to invite you to participate in URBANATOR DAYS, which is an exciting undertaking addressed to musically talented youth, offering them a unique opportunity to debut their talent on stage with top professional jazz musicians. In Poland there are still far too few initiatives that support young talent. This project gives these talented youngsters a chance to work with real American and European musicians. URBANATOR DAYS attempts to build a bridge between these musicians, thereby presenting new skills and talents in an international forum.
URBANATOR DAYS consists of the following:
Day 1 (27.06.2007): an all-day music workshop lead by Michal Urbaniak and his six-man band from New York and London. During this workshop, the best young talent will be chosen to perform on stage with him and his band at the concert which will take place on the following day. The workshop will be held in the Wola School of Music in Warsaw. The professional artists will be giving lessons in violin, percussion, guitar, voice and keyboards. An internet site has been especially prepared to cover this event so that throughout the entire project the young musicians will be in contact with each other and will be able to learn through chat rooms and e-learning. Various materials will also be made available on this portal. A virtual record label will be formed to distribute CDs and mp3s. A booking agency and a platform for creating internet sites for these young musicians and bands will also be made available.
Day 2 (28.06.2007): at 18.00, there will be a concert in Park SowiÅ„skiego (Elekcyjna 17 in the Wola District of Warsaw), which can comfortably seat 3000 guests. Michal Urbaniak’s URBANATOR band (with musicians from New York and London) will perform as well as other invited guests such as: Mika and November Project (a music group managed and promoted by the Awangarda Foundation. The concert will end with a jam session which will include the young musicians chosen at the workshops held the day before together with the URBANATOR band. The concert MC will be Michael Moritz.
Poland’s Minister of Culture Mr. K.M. Ujazdowski along with the Mayor of the Wola District of Warsaw shall be honorary patrons of this 2-day event.
Media Patrons: Radio PIN, onet.pl, Zycie Warszawy, TVP3 and Newsweek (to be conformed on Monda

Michal Urbaniak’s projekt URBANATOR consists of:

MICHAL CRAIG GORMAN - http://www.myspace.com/mmmikegorman

XANTONE BLACQ - http://www.myspace.com/xanblacq

DAVID ITAL - http://profile.myspace.com/daveital1

OTTO WILLIAMS - http://www.myspace.com/ottowilliams

TROY MILLER - http://www.myspace.com/troymillerdrummer

MICHAL URBANIAK - www.myspace/michalurbaniak

Jazz Legends CD's

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

UbxNews
New York, 4/16/07

The New York record label, UBX Records is planning to release a two album series of Michal Urbaniak.
During his music career, Urbaniak has a played with the greatest jazz musicians. On his albums, you will find recordings with the participation of the most famous from the New York and world Jazz scene.
From the first series, ”žJazz Legends“, belongs to the best of acoustic jazz.
Most of the recordings were recorded in various music studios and the famous Village Vanguard.
Shortly, the first album from the series ”žJazz Legends“ will be released.
Besides Michal Urbaniak, playing on the violin, you will hear musicians such as:
Ted Dunbar —guitar, Kenny Barron — piano, Buster Williams and Roy Haynes — drums. On the following albums in the“Jazz Legends“ series, recordings of the following musicians will be presented alongside Michal Urbaniak.
On piano: Kenny Barron, Michael Gerber, Dave Kikowski , Jim Pryor
Bass players: Buster Williams, Ron Carter, Michael Moore
Drummers: Roy Haynes, Kenny Washington, Lenny White,
Guitarist: Ted Dunbar, Larry Coryell, Gene Bertoncini. On the second series ”žFusion Legends“ you will hear such fantastic musicians as:
Marcus Miller, Lenny White, Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey, Steve Gadd, Steve Jordan, Basil Farrington, Larry Coryell, John Abercrombie, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Kirkland, Bernard, Wright, Don Blackman, Nicki Richards, Toots Thielmans, Tom Browne.

A few facts”¦
It’s important to remember, that in 1974, Michal Urbaniak’s band ”žFusion“, played music rich in melody and irregular rhythm inspired by Urban Jazz & R&B music combined at times with his ethnic roots (polish folk music). Since those days, Michal plays on a five string violin especially made for him, on a synthesizer violin, saxophones and on a lyricon (an electric saxophone instrument). This original and creative,and very inovative music called Fusion was met with much enthusiasm in America and around the world. Michal Urbaniak , known as one of the pioneers of Fusion music became an extremely popular artist. This exceptionally well received album ”žFusion“ for Columbia Records, made it possible for the artist/composer to continue recording albums in similar styles, such as; ”žAtma“ and ”žFusion III“ which were the leading projects on Michal Urbaniak’s path of success both as Columbia recording artist and worldwide touring atraction. He easily promoted his new sound, the unusual combination of Polish folk with beloved black music and with electric rock sounds.. In 1975 — 1989, the group ”žMichal Urbaniak Fusion“ not only attracted manymusic lovers, fans, exceptional jazz musicians, but also created a community of young musicians that later played with artist’s such as Miles Davis, Whether Report, Santana and Sting. Michal, himself played of Miles Davis’s record ”žTutu“ and preformed with him. These musicians among others will appear on the next series of records that will be released on Ubx, as ”žFusion Legends“
It will be a series were one can find everything that shows how exceptional Michal Urbaniak ahd his friends are both in acoustic jazz and electric jazz fusion.
Coordinated with records releases, Ubx Booking is putting together preformances by the Michal Urbaniak band with his wonderful guests
By: Ubx Productions Inc. 145 West 58th St.#10B, New York, NY 10019, USA
Ph: 1646797300, Fx: 12122082422, Skype: urbguru or ubxteam
joe@ubx.net, info@ubx.net, www.urbaniak.com, www.urbanator.com

New Cd: "Sax Love"

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800

"For Lovers Only"!
This unusual Cd i recorded on my Tenor Sax an my MacIntosh Computer writing a all the songs This in my real "Sax Love"! Happy Valentines Day!
Nice, smooth and moody record. Happy Vallentines Day!

New CD Urbanator III

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Oct 1st is the release date of new Mike Urbaniak's CD "Urbanator III. Cd features whole Urbanator Group and new guests like Mika, O.S.T.R., Solid, WWO, Muckhead, Lenny White, Mija,
Al Mac Dowell, Tom Browne, Mike Brecker, Randy Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Human Urchestra

Urbaniak Joins Sibelius Users

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Finaly enybody can read my written music! I'm working now on perfecting my scoring and speed of arranging and composing. I'm really happy that I can do all of it in my laptop and anywhere. Just updated to version 4. Just Great!