28th February 2015: New Focus Quartet shares the bill with Ravi Coltrane for three special dates in Scotland, starting tonight.

Saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski (Best Instrumentalist Scottish Jazz Awards 2013) and pianist Euan Stevenson (Emerging Artist Scottish Jazz Awards 2013) have enjoyed widespread critical acclaim in recent years for their beautiful genre crossing album New Focus, written for string and jazz quartet + harp. Initially inspired by the landmark Stan Getz, Eddie Sauter recording, Focus, tight knit arrangements, lush orchestration and memorable melodies define the pair’s award winning 2012 Whirlwind release and this ethos will carry forth to jazz quartet setting when Wisznieski and Stevenson’s NEW FOCUS QUARTET (featuring Michael Janisch bass and Alyn Cosker drums) share the bill with Ravi Coltrane’s Quartet for three special dates in Scotland starting tonight.

Dates are:

28th Feb – Wiszniewski/Stevenson New Focus Quartet / Ravi Coltrane Quartet – The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (details)

1st March – Wiszniewski/Stevenson New Focus Quartet / Ravi Coltrane Quartet – The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (details)

2nd March – Wiszniewski/Stevenson New Focus Quartet / Ravi Coltrane Quartet – The Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy (details)