biography

Euan Stevenson is building a reputation as one of the most versatile jazz pianists working in the UK today. Appealing to the purist and the amateur music lover alike, Stevenson combines his classical technique and mastery of the jazz piano tradition to conjure the joyous swinging lines of Oscar Peterson, the rhapsodic chordal work of George Shearing and the understated lyrical beauty of Bill Evans. Stevenson is expert at improvising arrangements on countless themes by composers such as Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. Despite his virtuosity, he remains a faithful servant to the song, always melodic, never self indulgent.

His tasteful solo work has been enjoyed throughout Europe during his residency on board the exclusive luxury cruise ship The Hebridean Spirit. Top hotels at which Stevenson has performed include The Oberoi in Mumbai, Reid’s Palace in Madeira, and closer to home in his native Scotland, Skibo Castle, Gleneagles, The Balmoral and 1 Devonshire Gardens. He has played for Royalty on several occasions, most notably private dinner receptions at Holyrood Palace for Prince Charles. He has performed his own compositions and arrangements on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Scotland as well as numerous live concerts in The Glasgow and Edinburgh International Jazz Festivals.

The Euan Stevenson Trio is arguably the most authentic, swinging jazz piano trio working in the UK today. With tight knit, dynamic arrangements, the trio is renowned for its uncanny ability to capture the energy and spirit of the popular piano trios of the 1950’s and sixties. Much in demand by jazz singers and instrumentalists alike, the trio has performed extensively in theatres and jazz venues throughout Britain.

All the musicians in the trio are highly accomplished professionals in their own right, and between them they have a collective CV that makes for impressive reading having performed with musicians such as Jamie Cullum, Larry Adler, Lesley Garrett, Matthew Ford, Lalo Schiffrin, Joe Lovano, Tina May, and Niki King to name but a few, not to mention playing for private parties hosted by Prince Charles, Sir Richard Branson and Earl Spencer.

As a composer/arranger Stevenson is equally prolific. He arranged trumpeter Colin Steele’s compositions for The 2010 Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra. He arranged both his own compositions and those of Konrad Wiszniewski for jazz quartet and string quartet, receiving a 5 star review for the concert in the 2011 Edinburgh Jazz Festival, cementing his reputation as a serious composer/arranger for both jazz and classical forces.

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