According to music critics, Urszula Dudziak is a leading figure in Polish jazz vocalism. She has recorded over 50 albums. She has performed or recorded with musicians such as Krzysztof Komeda, Adam Makowicz, Michał Urbaniak, Bobby McFerrin, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Michael Brecker, Flora Purim, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sting and Lionel Hampton. She has given concerts in almost all countries of Europe, Asia and both Americas, including the famous Carnegie Hall in New York and during the Newport Jazz Festival. In 1972, the prestigious American magazine "Down Beat" awarded her album "Newborn Light" the maximum rating of five stars. In 1979, the "Los Angeles Times" named Urszula Dudziak Singer of the Year. Her song "PAPAYA" became a worldwide hit. At the 45th National Festival of Polish Song in Opole in 2008, she was awarded the title of "Artist without Borders". She was honored with the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis (2005) and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2009). In 2016, the United Nations UNESCO honored her with the title of "Artist for Peace" (it was the first such distinction for an artist from Eastern Europe). In 2017, the singer received the "Fryderyk" in the "Jazz Music" category for lifetime achievement. The artist has an extraordinary vocal range; she has been compared to Yma Sumac, a Peruvian singer with a 5-octave range. The freedom and perfection of intonation and vocal technique have earned her the reputation of an original and creative artist. She is known for using a vocal technique called "scat". She is a master of this popular jazz singing technique, which involves imitating the sounds of instruments. Urszula Dudziak, She was born in a small mountain village called Straconka – today it is a district of Bielsko-Biała. As a child, she learned to play the piano. She started singing in high school under the influence of Ella Fitzgerald's records. She sang mainly jazz standards and hit "evergreens". As she recalls in her autobiography: One of the first jazz songs I sang was the American ballad "Again". This piece has such a beautiful melody that I remembered it in a flash, without understanding the lyrics (...). I didn't know English at the time. (...) I was sure that the word "Again" was nothing more than an American male name. It was obvious from the lyrics. I planned then that when I had a family and gave birth to a son, I would name him Again. Can you imagine the name and surname: Again Urbaniak?! Luckily, I have two daughters. The young vocalist's honor was an invitation to work with Krzysztof Komeda's band in 1958. At that time, she was already singing and recording with Edward Czerny's orchestra. In a navy blue school uniform with a white collar, I flew to Piastowska. Krzysiu was sitting at the piano, his wife Zosia standing next to me. "What do you want to sing?" he asked. I named my three favorite standards from Ella Fitzgerald's repertoire: "Stompin' At The Savoy", "Goody Goody" and "A Foggy Day". I sang all of them. A moment of silence... Krzysiu slowly raised his head from the keyboard and asked: "What are your plans for the holidays?" I was speechless. "Come to Warsaw and sing with my band in the club “Pod Hybrydami “he added. "I don't remember what I said at all. I know one thing - I was the happiest person in the world." Another breakthrough in her career was starting cooperation with Michał Urbaniak in 1964. Within a few years, she became one of the most popular figures in Polish jazz. They made their first joint recordings in the 1960s. At Urbaniak's urging, in 1971 she gave up conventional singing and changed her style. In 1973, they moved to New York. As a jazz vocalist, she took the New York scene by storm. And together with Michał Urbaniak - by then her husband - she successfully maintained herself on this stage for almost 20 years. Since 1981, she has worked with the international group of jazz vocalists Vocal Summit. She has given concerts and recorded with Gil Evans' orchestra and Archie Sheep's band. With her own program "Future Talk" prepared in cooperation with Jerzy Kosiński, she gave concerts in almost all countries of Europe, both Americas and Asia. She also presented the spectacle "The Nature Is Leaving Us" with her own music. The great comeback of the Polish vocalist took place in 1985, when she performed at the Jazz Jamboree '85 festival together with Bobby McFerrin. Since then, she has performed and recorded many times in the country. In recent years, Dudziak has been sealing her musical career with her active participation in pop culture. She appears as a juror on television talent shows, regularly runs her YouTube channel, and in 2020, she played her first cameo in the feature-length film "How to Become a Star" (directed by Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz). In 2012, she also made her debut as a writer, publishing her autobiography "I'll Sing You Everything". As she says about herself: You have to cultivate your optimism in spite of all the difficult experiences. I believe that you can manage your life in a fantastic way. You can either get attached to eternal pessimism, whining, or to clarity, to a heartfelt look at everything: at your family, at your yard, city, country, at animals, at nature. You have to take care of good, pure thoughts, respect life, radiate good energy, because it comes back with double the force.