Iconic jazz pioneer Michal Urbaniak has died in hospital on Satuday December 20 on the age of 82. His spouse Dorota Dosia Urbaniak confirmed the information on his social media accounts writing: “He lived and expressed himself by music”. His ex-wife Urszula Dudziak, subsequently revealed the star had not regained conciousness since a fall on Thursday December 18.
“In the present day, Saturday, December twentieth, at o’clock 17.00, two hours earlier than Michał left, we had been on the hospital with him: Kasia, Mika, Dosia and me. We talked to him, gently massaged his arms and ft. “He hasn’t regained consciousness for the reason that fall on Thursday final week, however he most likely felt that we had been with him and went in peace. Sorrow isn’t ceaselessly… LOVE IS!!! <3,” she penned. The star was acclaimed as each a violinist and saxophonist. He gained worldwide recognition for his work with the legendary Miles Davis after he appeared on Davis’ 1986 album Tutu.
He defined how the collaboration with Miles happened in a 2019 interview: “I referred to as Tommy LiPuma at his New York workplace, and he stated to me: ‘Nice that you just’re calling! Miles is coming again, engaged on his new album.
“‘He heard you on Johnny Carson’s Tonight present (the place I performed my speaking violin) and he stated that he want to have you ever on the document. Marcus Miller will likely be producing it’.
“I stated to Tommy, ‘so what precisely did he say?’, and he quoted Miles: ‘Hey Tommy, get me this Polish f****** fiddler, he’s bought the sound!'” Over his greater than six a long time profession Michal additionally collaborated with large names similar to Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Billy Cobham and Stéphane Grappelli, and carried out at venues similar to Carnegie Corridor and the Beacon Theatre in New York.
He additionally recorded dozens of albums beneath his personal title and composed music for movies and theatre. In 1992 he was positioned among the many style’s prime international performers by the influential jazz journal DownBeat.
In 1971 he gained the Grand Prix award for greatest soloist on the Montreux Jazz Competition and in 2016 he acquired Poland’s Golden Fryderyk lifetime achievement award.
Tributes flooded in because the information broke with buddies and followers taking to Fb to pay tribute. “Michal Urbaniak RIP. Your music and spirit will dwell on ceaselessly,” one wrote. “Farewell, Grasp… Thanks for the shared sounds, humor, inspiring conversations about music and your open coronary heart. It was an excellent honor to face on the identical stage with you To the entire household and to you, Dorotka – we ship our sincerest sympathies,” one other added.
In the meantime a 3rd chimed in: “Michal Urbaniak has died . I used to be a teenage electrical violin fanatic within the 70 s , You had Jerry Goodman , You had Jean Luc Ponty , however Urbaniak ‘s sound was the one for me . These data had been a distinct sound world . R.I.P.”
