Carmen Moreno

Carmen Moreno (30 July 1926 – 11 November 2025) was a Polish jazz singer and dancer. She was a pioneering jazz vocalist in the emerging jazz scene of Poland, joining Melomani, the first jazz group in Poland, in 1951 and then performing with Zygmunt Wichary's jazz orchestra. She joined Błękitny Jazz, performing with them in 1956 at the Congress Hall in Warsaw and on tour in the Soviet Union. She toured in Europe with Jan Walasek who became her husband in 1967. They moved to Scandinavia and performed as artists on luxury passenger ships. They returned to Poland in 1981. She appeared in a show, Śpiewając Jazz, from 2009. Moreno was described as the "Swinging Queen of Polish Jazz."

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