19.LAJ | DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER QUARTET, KORDIAK & THE NOISE ARCHITECTS

Name: 19.LAJ | DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER QUARTET, KORDIAK & THE NOISE ARCHITECTS
Start: 2026-07-09T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-09T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Klub Wytwórnia

took place · 9 Jul 2026

Klub Wytwórnia, Łódź, Poland

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19.LAJ | DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER QUARTET, KORDIAK & THE NOISE ARCHITECTS — Klub Wytwórnia, Łódź

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The 19.LAJ jazz festival in Łódź features American jazz legend Dee Dee Bridgewater with her quartet and Polish bands Kordiak & The Noise Architects.

About the festival: 19.LAJ | DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER QUARTET, KORDIAK & THE NOISE ARCHITECTS

19th edition

edition

~2 months

festival duration

2 July - 27 August 2026

dates (19th edition)

since 2012

organiser (Fundacja Wytwórnia)

Good to know

Single concert on 9 July 2026, 19:00, at Klub Wytwórnia (ul. Łąkowa 29, Łódź)
Tickets from ~119 PLN (eBilet, incl. all fees)
Hotel packages (bed + ticket) from 535 PLN per person at DoubleTree Łódź
Season pass (karnet) available for the full 19th LAJ festival
Tickets sold via wytwornia.pl, eBilet, Ekobilet, Ticketmaster, Eventim, Ticket Club
Box office open Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 and 1 hour before each event
Part of the broader 19th LAJ festival running 2 July - 27 August 2026

What's new

2026-07
The 9 July 2026 concert features Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet performing the programme 'We Exist', supported by Kordiak & The Noise Architects, at Klub Wytwórnia, Łódź, starting at 19:00.
2026-06
Tickets for the Dee Dee Bridgewater concert within the 19th LAJ are on sale from 118.90 PLN at eBilet.
2026-04
The 19th edition of Letnia Akademia Jazzu runs from 2 July to 27 August 2026 at Klub Wytwórnia in Łódź, with Dee Dee Bridgewater as the headline international act.
2026-04
The festival programme also includes an International Jazz Platform experimental stage presenting young artists from across Europe, including Tomeka Reid, Hedvig Mollestad, Christian Lillinger and Marta Warelis.

Line-up

Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet
Kordiak & The Noise Architects

About: Dee Dee Bridgewater

A three-time Grammy winner who cut her teeth with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in the 1970s, Dee Dee Bridgewater has built one of jazz's most restless careers - moving between Broadway, Paris, West Africa, and New Orleans while never losing her command of the stage. Her 2025 duo album Elemental with pianist Bill Charlap earned a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

80.4K

Spotify monthly listeners

Grammy wins (career total)

Grammy nominations (career total)

50+

Active recording career (years)

What's new

2026-04
PBS aired a one-hour special 'International Jazz Day from Abu Dhabi' featuring Bridgewater's performance of 'The Thrill Is Gone'.
2026-03
Carnegie Hall announced Bridgewater as special guest for NYO Jazz 2026, a program for teen jazz musicians.
2025-11
A short film 'If You Believe' marking 50 years of The Wiz, featuring Bridgewater as original Glinda, was released on her YouTube channel.

Tour

FreiburgBarcelonaLondonTourcoingNancySèteBuenos Aires

Tracks

Dear EllaDouble Grammy-winning 1997 tribute album to Ella Fitzgerald, her commercial and critical breakthrough

Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee DeeWon Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2011; recorded alongside her off-Broadway run as Billie Holiday

Red Earth: A Malian JourneyGrammy-nominated 2007 album exploring her African roots, recorded in Mali with local and European musicians

Memphis...Yes, I'm Ready2017 R&B/soul album paying tribute to her Memphis birthplace; led to her induction into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame

Elemental2025 duo album with pianist Bill Charlap; Grammy-nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 2026 ceremony

Recent shows

Jul 4, 2026 South Park 2, Sofia (BG)
Jul 2, 2026 Gallusova dvorana, Ljubljana (SI)
May 24, 2026 Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin (DE)

About the venue: Klub Wytwórnia

Klub Wytwórnia is a music club and multifunctional cultural venue in Łódź, opened in 2007 on the grounds of the former Feature Film Studio (Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych) at ul. Łąkowa 29. Four revitalised post-industrial halls host concerts, theatre performances, festivals, film screenings, and conferences. The venue holds up to 1,600 guests and regularly welcomes international stars alongside leading Polish artists.

Łąkowa 29, 90-554 Łódź Get directions

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