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The Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the largest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in
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Jazz festivals in Poland Recurring events established in 1958 {{Poland-stub
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History
The first Jazz Jamboree was organised by Hot-Club Hybrydy. It was three days long (18 to 21 September 1958) and it was called "Jazz 58". The first three editions of the festival took place in the student's club Stodoła (with some of the concerts in Cracow). Then the venue was changed to Filharmonia Narodowa, and since 1965 all editions have taken place in Sala Kongresowa inPalace of Culture and Science
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in Warsaw
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The name "Jazz Jamboree" was coined by Leopold Tyrmand
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