Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
The New Yorker proclaimed Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko as "one of the most original and creative jazz trumpet
players in the world." Inspired by early Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was 20 when he formed
his first band in 1962 and has been a jazz hero in Europe ever since. He has made many superb recordings for ECM
Records since the mid-1970s, when he was at the forefront of the free jazz scene. For most of the past decade, he
has been ranked among the world's top jazz trumpeters and composers. Stańko will present his great, first project
for ECM Records, Balladyna, based on the Polish tragedy by Juliusz Słowacki that was published in 1839.
http://ums.org/performance/tomasz-stanko/ (University Musical Society, University of Michigan)
http://www.tomaszstanko.com/calendar/
