Summer rhythms

The 13th edition of the international Jazz at the Old Town Square Festival will take place in Warsaw's Old Town between June 30 and August 25. For the next nine weeks, the sounds of Jazz from new and established artists from around the world will fill the Market Square every Saturday at 7 pm.

The legendary David Murray Quartet will open the festival the evening of June 30. Known as a champion of "new black music" by critics around the world and a fixture of New York's experimental music scene, the acclaimed group will inaugurate the event with a resounding bang.

Krzysztof Wojciechowski, the festival's director, believes that its success is based on diversity with regard to both sound - a blend of mainstream, fusion, modern and world - and status. "This year, the concert will feature memorable performances from a number of legendary greats of the global stage such as Tomasz Stańko, as well as a number of debuts from up-and-coming musicians, such as Caroline Henderson, who is already quite famous in Sweden and is bursting onto the international scene with a style that many describe as a mix of Cassandra Wilson, Macy Gray and Grace Jones," says Wojciechowski.

For more information, log on to www.jazznastarowce.pl