What is Michal Urbaniak?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Michał Urbaniak | image = Michał Urbaniak.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | caption = Michał Urbaniak in [[Zabrze]] (2019) | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|01|22|}} | birth_place = [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] | origin = | genre = [[Jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[funk]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]] | occupation = Musician | instrument = [[Violin]], [[lyricon]], [[saxophone]] | years_active = | label = Ubx | associated_acts = Urbanator, [[Miles Davis]], [[UrbSymphony]] | website = {{URL|www.urbaniak.com}} }} '''Michał Urbaniak''' (born January 22, 1943) is a [[Poland|Polish]] jazz musician. He plays [[violin]], [[lyricon]], and [[saxophone]]. His music includes elements of [[folk music]], [[rhythm and blues]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], and [[symphonic music]].<ref>{{cite news|title=FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: My Father's Bike|url=http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland/103396-fne-at-t-mobile-new-horizons-polish-days-my-fathers-bike/menu-id-158|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616104524/http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland/103396-fne-at-t-mobile-new-horizons-polish-days-my-fathers-bike/menu-id-158|archive-date=2013-06-16}}</ref> ==History == Urbaniak started his music education during high school in [[Łódź]], [[Poland]]. When he was in Warsaw he took violin classes from [[Tadeusz Wroński]]. He first performed with a [[Dixieland]] band and later with [[Zbigniew Namysłowski]]. Later he was invited to play with [[Andrzej Trzaskowski]] and toured the [[United States]] in 1962 with the Andrzej Trzaskowski band. He has played in various festivals and clubs in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[Chicago]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[New York City]], and more. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Urbaniak, Michal}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]]