Urszula Dudziak

Urszula Dudziak
Urszula Dudziak performing at a benefit concert in Warsaw, Poland in November 2010.
Background information
Birth nameUrszula Bogumiła Dudziak
Born (1943-10-22) 22 October 1943
Straconka, German-occupied Poland
GenresVocal jazz
Occupation(s)Vocalist
Years active1958–present
LabelsInner City, Kayax
Websitewww.urszuladudziak.pl

Urszula Bogumiła Dudziak-Urbaniak (born 22 October 1943) is a Polish jazz vocalist. She has worked with Krzysztof Komeda, Michał Urbaniak (her ex-husband), Gil Evans, Archie Shepp, and Lester Bowie. In 2007, her 1970s song "Papaya" gained widespread popularity in Asia and Latin America.[1]

Dudziak was born in Straconka which is now a neighborhood of Bielsko-Biała in Poland. She studied piano, but began to sing in the late 50s after hearing records by Ella Fitzgerald. Within a few years she became one of the most popular jazz artists in Poland. She met and later married Michał Urbaniak.

References

  1. ↑ "Papaya is the new Macarena. Reuters". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
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