Odyssey is a jazz-funk album by American keyboardist/composer Charles Earland, released in 1976 on Mercury. Notable players on the album include guitarist John Abercrombie, trumpeter Randy Brecker, drummer Norman Connors, and violinists Michał Urbaniak and John Blair. The album was the first of four on Mercury for Earland, who had just wrapped a six-year, 10-album stint […]
Body English is an album by Polish jazz-funk violinist/keyboardist Michal Urbaniak, released in 1976 on Arista. Tracklist: A1. “New York Polka” (5:52) A2. “Afterglow” (1:38) A3. “Zad” (6:50) A4. “Sevenish” (6:43) B1. “Body English” (6:03) B2. “Quintone” (2:33) B3. “Lyricon” (6:58) B4. “Satin Lady” (5:49) B5. “Zomar Land” (1:11) Credits: Bass – Basil Fearington Congas […]
Urszula is the second album by Polish experimental jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak, released in 1975 on Arista. Tracklist: A1. “Papaya” (4:02) A2. “Mosquito” (4:25) A3. “Mosquito Dream” (2:34) A4. “Mosquito Bite” (4:23) A5. “Just the Way You Are” (3:22) B1. “Sno King” (4:34) B2. “Butterfly” (4:34) B3. “Zavinul” (5:15) B4. “Funk Rings” (2:16) B5. “Call Me […]
Fusion III is an album by Polish jazz-rock violinist Michał Urbaniak, released in 1975 on Columbia. Tracklist: A1. “Chinatown (Pt 1)” (5:24) A2. “Kuyaviak Goes Funky” (6:12) A3. “Roksanna” (5:42) A4. “Crazy Kid” (2:35) A5. “Preshistoric Bird” (5:19) B1. “Bloody Kishka” (4:21) B2. “Cameo” (4:41) B3. “Stretch” (6:20) B4. “Metroliner” (4:44) B5. “Chinatown (Pt 2)” […]
Fusion is an album by Polish violinist Michał Urbaniak, released in 1974 on Columbia. The album was the first in a series of jazz-rock titles that he cut for the label with his vocalist wife, Urszula Dudziak. Tracklist: A1. “Good Times, Bad Times” (5:13) A2. “Bahamian Harvest” (7:14) A3. “Impromptu” (3:25) A4. “Seresta” (6:05) B1. […]
Midnight Rain is the second solo album by Polish experimental jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak, released in 1977 on Arista. Tracklist: A1. “Lover” (4:24) A2. “Misty” (6:03) A3. “Night in Tunisia” (4:43) A4. “Midnight Rain” (4:56) B1. “People Say…” (5:22) B2. “Bluessette” (4:40) B3. “Cuckoo’s Nest” (12:24) Credits: Urszula Dudziak — vocals, percussion, synthesizer Michał Urbaniak […]
Michał Urbaniak (born Jan. 22, 1943) is a Polish violinist, saxophonist, and composer who first recorded with Warszawa post-bop quintet The Jazz Rockers during the early 1960s. He debuted as a bandleader with two albums on Spiegelei circa 1971/72. Emigrating to the United States in 1973, he recorded a string of jazz-funk albums over the […]
