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In Jazz Forum's annual readers' poll Jazz Top 2016, Kuba was voted third in the Double Bass category – behind Sławomir Kurkiewicz and Michał Barański. A huge thank you to everyone who voted! See the full list of winners on jazzforum.com.pl.

Marcin Puławski reviewed Kajetan Borowski Trio's "Totem" for Laboratorium Muzycznych Fuzji, praising the group's cohesion across the album: Kajetan Borowski (piano), Kuba Dworak (double bass) and Grzegorz Masłowski (drums).

"Siła" ("Strength") is the debut album of The Flash! – the trio Kuba co-founded with saxophonist Sławek Pezda and drummer Michał Olszewski. Eleven tracks of raw, energetic improvised music, released by the Slovak label Hevhetia. Listen on Bandcamp.

Mateusz Kołodziej reviewed "Body Language" (For Tune) for Axun Arts, focusing on the chemistry between the keyboards and the rhythm section – Kuba Dworak on bass and Arek Skolik on drums.

Pianist Michał Wierba releases "Body Language" on For Tune – recorded live in the studio with Maciej Sikała (tenor and soprano saxophone), Kuba Dworak (double bass), Arek Skolik (drums) and Bogusz Wekka (percussion), mixing original compositions with pieces by Gershwin, Pat Metheny and Phil Markowitz. Jazz Forum gave it 4/5 and axunarts 4.5/5. Listen on Bandcamp.

As part of Jazz Jamboree 2016, trumpeter Jerzy Małek recorded a live album with his group at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw (October 4, 2016, 7 PM). Line-up: Jerzy Małek (trumpet), Dominik Kisiel (keys), Kuba Dworak (bass), Sławek Koryzno (drums), with guests Szymon Mika and Marek Tarnowski. Programme details on JazzPRESS (in Polish).

Kajetan Borowski Trio's "Totem" was chosen as Album of the Week by JazzPRESS and RadioJAZZ.FM. Rafał Garszczyński calls it "one of the most mature debuts" of recent years and compares the trio's potential to early e.s.t., noting that all three musicians – Kuba included – are fresh graduates of the Katowice Academy of Music with solid recording experience. Read the review (in Polish).

Mateusz Kołodziej gave Kajetan Borowski Trio's debut "Totem" 4.5 out of 5 on Axun Arts. The trio: Kajetan Borowski (piano), Kuba Dworak (double bass) and Grzegorz Masłowski (drums).

In Jazz Forum (9/2016), Adam Domagała reviews "Totem", the debut album of Kajetan Borowski Trio, praising Borowski's piano "in perfect symbiosis with the double bass of Kuba Dworak and the drums of Grzegorz Masłowski". Read the review (in Polish).

In its report from the final of the 2nd International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition, Jazzarium credits the accompanying trio: "Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Dawid Fortuna and Kuba Dworak, besides what they gave us in their solo passages, showcased the violin playing perfectly."

Jazzarium's report from the second evening of auditions at the 2nd International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition, held at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music: "Kuba Dworak will not deny that 'Quo vadis' is one of his favourite pieces. He also plays a fine duet with Mateusz Smoczyński in Jan Smoczyński's 'The Old Tune'."

Maciek Saskowski reviewed "Storytelling" for JazzSoul.pl, praising the singer's "on-target choice of session companions" – Kuba Płużek, Szymon Mika, Kuba Dworak and Damian Niewiński.