NKQ – The Nigel Kennedy Quintet live in Burghausen 2009

Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Tomasz Grzegorski (saxophone)
Piotr Wyleżoł (piano, B3)
Adam Kowalewski (bass)
Krzysztof Dziedzic (drums)

40th International Jazzweek Burghausen 2009, Wackerhalle Burghausen, March 18, 2009

1. Introduction
2. Cloud
3. Where All Paths Meet
4. Father And Son
5. Nice Bottle Of Beaujolais, Innit?
6. Hills Of Saturn
7. Boo Booos Blooooze
8. Donovan
9. Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix)

Mainly known as a classical violinist, Kennedy made his recording debut in 1984 with the Elgar Violin Concerto, but most know Kennedy through the version of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons which he recorded in 1989 with the English Chamber Orchestra. The release sold over 2 million copies and earned a place as one of the best-selling classical works ever. Besides his classical abilities he always had a great jazz sensibility: as a 10-year-old Kennedy would pick out Fats Waller tunes on the piano after hearing his stepfather's jazz records. At the age of 16, Kennedy was invited by Stéphane Grappelli to appear with him at New York's Carnegie Hall, under the threat from his teachers at the Juilliard that it would ruin his classical career.
Living in Krakow/ Poland he formed his NKQ with some of Poland´s finest jazz musicians, leading to the 2008 record "A very nice album", released on EMI.