This could be a surprise not only for me: Atom String Quartet won Grand Prix of the Lotos jazz Festival (Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa)! David Lubowicz and Mateusz Smoczyński on violins, Michał Zaborski on viola and Krzysztof Lenczowski on cello advertise themselves as first ever (in Poland) string quartet playing jazz. I doubt but still one may feel in their playing this adventurous spirit so characteristic for jazz. Check it yourself here in their interpretation of famous composition by Chick Corea titled "Spain".
First of all they advertise themselves as "the first IN POLAND string quartet playing jazz", there's no suggestion that this is the first such quartet ever.
OdpowiedzUsuńSecondly, "Spain" was composed by Chick Corea.