NIGEL KENNEDY WITH JEFF BECK 2008
July 31, 2008 – 5:05 am
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NIGEL KENNEDY QUINTET
With guest star Jeff Beck
BBC Proms 2008 [no label, 1CD]
Live at the Royal Albert Hall, July 19, 2008.
Nigel Kennedy might be known for Vivaldi’s Four Seasons but the violinist has his rock side and is no stranger to either Jimi Hendrix or The Doors. Earlier in the evening, Kennedy had performed Elgar’s Violin Concerto but for the later part of the show, for a moment there, one would have thought it was Pat Metheny and his Synclavier, for that was how Kennedy came across. Unlike the earlier classical portion, here Kennedy weaved between jazz, folk and rock.
The highlight and surprise for the audience was when Kennedy brought Jeff Beck on stage. Allaboutjazz.com reported: “Nigel was particularly keen for me to do the Hills of Saturn solo,” said Beck, who played the track on his Fender Stratocaster electric guitar.
John Fordham wrote in The Guardian: “As an improviser, Kennedy has an originality of spontaneous line and rhythmic attack that most classical players lack in this context, and several of the pieces worked up a fierce, guitar-mimicking, Hendrix-like momentum… A romantic ballad dedicated to 1960s folkie Donovan was sublime, and so was the darkly elegiac Hills of Saturn - the latter richly harmonised with Tomasz Grzegorski’s tenor sax and Adam Kowalewski’s bass. Surprise guest Jeff Beck conjured an astonishing panpipe-like sound from his guitar.”
The audio tracks are extracted from the DVD shared by Cosmosra on the Dime site.
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, this recording has never been officially released in its entirety.
These tracks are no longer available for download. Kindly email us at mybigo@bigozine.com if you want to download these tracks at a later time.
Track 01. Nice Bottle Of Beaujolais, Innit?
Track 02a. Hills Of Saturn
Track 02b. Hills Of Saturn (featuring Jeff Beck)
Track 03. Third Stone From The Sun
Lineup:
Nigel Kennedy - violin
Tomasz Grzegorski - saxophone
Piotr Wylezol - piano
Adam Kowalewski - double bass
Pawel Dobrowolski - percussion
Jeff Beck - guitar
The Nigel Kennedy Quintet released A Very Nice Album in June 2008. Click here to order the album.
9 Responses to “NIGEL KENNEDY WITH JEFF BECK 2008”
Beckola is on FIRE, thanks! - a very special treat. My jaw is still on the floor!
By Myche on Jul 31, 2008
Here is top musicians!!
Fabulous, Nigel seems more and more going to the beautiful Ponty..
Jeff needs no comment, great!
By Paul on Aug 1, 2008
Two congenial musicians! Unfortunately they did not really jam together. I saw Nigel playing Hendrix tunes. It was great!
By Dietmar on Aug 7, 2008
You are hearing the best guitar player in the world- Living,Dead or about to be born-Period!
By JERRY on Aug 13, 2008
Thanks SO much!
For the record, my daytime career entails running people with failed kidneys on dialysis, and this is definitely one I’ll share with my patients via protable mp3 player. they are all connected to the machine for 3 to 5 hours three times a week, unable to get out of the chair for the entire time. They seem so thrilled when I turn them on to music they’d never hear other than through me. Sometimes I’ll play them stuff you’ve posted. Tomorrow will be such a day.:)
So, on behalf of my patients, thanks again!:D
By Society's Pliers on Aug 15, 2008
Jeff Beck is inarguably the world’s greatest electric guitarist. I’ve been at five of his concerts spanning 1999-2006. He actually improves with age. Jeff’s also an animal loving vegetarian, hot rod man and a landscaper. His 2003 and 2006 Live CD’s are must purchases for all guitar fans.
By Brien Comerford on Sep 2, 2008
The music you get when two great musicians like Nigel Kennedy and Jeff Beck get together cannot be described in words. It can only be heard in the heart. What a night !
By Elsie Stockdale on Jun 23, 2009
A fantastic repost. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
By Johnny Kinkdom on Aug 9, 2009
Would it be possible to restart this? Thank you.
By Richard on Jun 22, 2010