Woody Allen has enthusiastic audience in Poland

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An audience of almost 3,000 clapped and cheered as Woody Allen and his jazz band gave their first ever concert in Poland on Sunday.

The filmmaker, playing the clarinet, was accompanied by his New Orleans Jazz Band for a performance of traditional jazz.

"We will do our best to entertain you," Allen told the audience at Warsaw's biggest concert hall, Sala Kongresowa, at the beginning of the two-hour concert.

The 73-year-old Academy Award winner rarely performs in large venues or outside New York City, where he lives.

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    -- From Wire Reports

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