Nigel Kennedy plays a barnstorming version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze”

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024

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  • @knotknown847
    @knotknown847 Před 3 lety +59

    Well, you might not be ready for it yet......but your kids are going to love it!

  • @ksims6449
    @ksims6449 Před 3 lety +83

    dudes up there rockin hendrix on a violin with an orchestra and he's wearing what looks like combat boots. he canceled a show cause jurrasic fm wouldnt let him play hendrix
    sir. you're awesome, and you have huge testicles to match your immense musical skill.
    more over you have integrity to match that passion & conviction
    damn shame there arent more like you

    • @vincentbrannelly8786
      @vincentbrannelly8786 Před 2 lety

      DUDE !!!!

    • @user-um3dl1ic7n
      @user-um3dl1ic7n Před 3 dny

      There are lots more like Nigel they just didn't bag the advertising. Before you say that's disrespectful Nigel is the first to point out technical skill is learned you then have to decide what to do with it and advertising helps 😂

  • @heybabe8438
    @heybabe8438 Před 7 měsíci +4

    They are making those musical instruments do things they weren't designed for ,just wonderful !

  • @tesorotesoro1654
    @tesorotesoro1654 Před 3 lety +81

    Had to see this ,after Jurassic FM, Hendrix ban. Ace stuff see the joy in the other musicians faces playing somthing different for a change.

    • @mauricehegarty9703
      @mauricehegarty9703 Před 3 lety +12

      Exactly why I came looking. Wonderful to see everyone so clearly enjoying what they're doing.

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 Před 3 lety +13

      Me too. I like that it's not really a cover at all - he pulled the song apart completely and left eh pieces spinning in space. No idea why Classic FM would say no to it unless they hadn't heard it. Or maybe they're opposed to anything that isn't twiddly wallpaper muzak from the 1800s.

    • @sushke695
      @sushke695 Před 3 lety +7

      @@thesprawl2361 Me too. Refreshing to see the musicians having so much fun, as well as the audience... and to see the above support and comments. :)

    • @tim73639
      @tim73639 Před 3 lety +5

      Well I guess I'm not the only one then...

    • @ironmantooltime
      @ironmantooltime Před 2 lety +2

      Oh wow brings a tear to my eye as a long time hendrix fan, to hear his motifs re-awakened like this. And to all the Jurassic FM management, you can keep your Alan Twatmarsh hours of dross, this has to rank as one of the greatest epic fails in music. Shame, I liked the birdsong loops when the channel was in test for launch.

  • @duledule1127
    @duledule1127 Před 3 lety +20

    The freest man in the Universe!

  • @user-cq4nq8ci9o
    @user-cq4nq8ci9o Před rokem +2

    Long live Rock'n'Rool. !!! Classic music too.
    How cool to see an orchestra loosing control and get passionated playing Rock music, Classical musicians meet Rock music, that is so cool. Thank you Nigel!

  • @seanedwards6193
    @seanedwards6193 Před rokem +3

    GOT TO SEE HIM IN LAS VEGAS IN THE LATE 90S MEETING HIM AND HIS MEMBERS AFTER THE SHOW...UNFORGETTABLE AMAZING MUSICIANS! ONE LOVE NK!

  • @FortunateJuice
    @FortunateJuice Před 3 lety +34

    I'll never forget my Social Studies teacher in 7th grade shared a Nigel Kennedy CD with me. It was all Hendrix covers. Amazing stuff.

    • @tesorotesoro1654
      @tesorotesoro1654 Před 3 lety

      Mark m, them teachers were very few ,God bless them ..

  • @mikelichteveld4604
    @mikelichteveld4604 Před 3 lety +34

    Hats of to you mister Kennedy for cancelling the gig. Jimi would be proud, what were they thinking at Classic FM...

  • @EllieMcEla
    @EllieMcEla Před 3 lety +13

    the whole orchestra be bopping

  • @elainenye-evans4555
    @elainenye-evans4555 Před 2 lety +3

    What a brilliant player and rendition of my hero Hendrix's purple haze.
    Genius and what a real connection to the vibe of Hendrix.

  • @weddo22
    @weddo22 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Listen to this every day. When he approaches the lady he is hit by a magic not of this plain. Love Nigel and his Stradivarius xo ❤

  • @BillieD2000
    @BillieD2000 Před 2 lety +3

    Look . . .everyone is grinning. Me too.
    And the orchestra keeps vamping while he bumps fists. Such a wonderfully loveble artist.

  • @johnmunro4952
    @johnmunro4952 Před 2 lety +9

    If he hadn't revealed what this was based on the stuffed shirts at classic FM would have embraced this as simply Avant Garde orchestral music. Wonderful inspiring stuff!

  • @ayseboykin5808
    @ayseboykin5808 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hendrix is a classic! ❤

  • @saucerfull1
    @saucerfull1 Před měsícem +1

    DW Classical...What a warm and friendly Person he is!🙂

  • @simonbertioli4696
    @simonbertioli4696 Před 3 lety +2

    Never seen an audience so glued to Nigel... eyes and smiles.👍👍😉
    what a sound..

    • @Dreamagic23
      @Dreamagic23 Před 3 lety

      Even the orchestra having a Good time!

    • @zbigniewkulaga2753
      @zbigniewkulaga2753 Před rokem

      did you see Nigel kissing Lady's hands on any other concert?

  • @davidpegram5862
    @davidpegram5862 Před 2 lety +2

    I have been lucky to meet Nigel a few times and he’s one of the nicest person you could ever meet plus he’s a fantastic violinist

  • @elizabethmcdonald7027
    @elizabethmcdonald7027 Před rokem +2

    He's a brilliant violinist..l So love his style of playing!

  • @christopheratkins6640
    @christopheratkins6640 Před 2 lety +21

    Disappointed he didn’t set the violin on fire

    • @Jamesason
      @Jamesason Před 9 měsíci +1

      😂 🔥

    • @waynemasters8673
      @waynemasters8673 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@Jamesason
      As I take parts off a Peavey bass and put them on a half barrel....
      Polyphonics await my ears.

    • @PJohn-gc8xv
      @PJohn-gc8xv Před 2 měsíci

      Unfortunately, he didn't have Zippo Oil. Because he doesn't smoke.

  • @elizabethperry9092
    @elizabethperry9092 Před 3 lety +10

    Nigel, you are a master!

    • @elizabethperry9092
      @elizabethperry9092 Před 3 lety +3

      @@turbotiger5998 Duh. You're stating the obvious to someone who has followed his career. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

    • @elizabethperry9092
      @elizabethperry9092 Před 3 lety +2

      @@turbotiger5998 Grow up and stop acting like a whining dolt who hasn't been laid for some time.

    • @elizabethperry9092
      @elizabethperry9092 Před 3 lety

      @Dan Dugan ???

  • @clairematty3831
    @clairematty3831 Před rokem +1

    Such an amazing night to see and hear you play at Evesham ❤

  • @garryfoster94
    @garryfoster94 Před 3 lety +7

    Utter class..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @drevildick
    @drevildick Před 3 lety +14

    Gotta love that poor lady clapping on 1 and 3.

  • @paulthornhill9930
    @paulthornhill9930 Před 2 lety +2

    Beautiful! Jimi would have loved it.

  • @finadasairas4797
    @finadasairas4797 Před 7 měsíci

    !!!BESTIALMENTE BRUTAAAAL!!!! Dios mío,que genialidad..nos vuelves locooos,..no se puede describir lo que tus manos hacen ,igual lloramos que reimos contigo, este vídeo es exquisitamente !!!GENIAAAL!! lo que tus manos hacen, es !!!MAGIA !!! BENDITO SEAS MAESTRO

  • @lesliecompton4061
    @lesliecompton4061 Před 11 měsíci

    there is genius and there is Nigel Kennedy -- he will always be special

  • @heinzweixelbraun682
    @heinzweixelbraun682 Před rokem +2

    Die Genialität Jimmy Hendrix fortgeführt …

  • @TJ-Dives
    @TJ-Dives Před rokem +2

    Badass Is Nigel

  • @malkru
    @malkru Před 2 lety +1

    I have DVD with that concert :) Dream is to be on that concert live.

  • @kevinhopton1
    @kevinhopton1 Před 2 lety +2

    Love it. Just pure joy!!

  • @steveridsdale9426
    @steveridsdale9426 Před 2 lety +1

    Simply perfection

  • @heinzweixelbraun682
    @heinzweixelbraun682 Před 3 lety +3

    For me the greatest.

  • @elenamargulescu5289
    @elenamargulescu5289 Před 2 měsíci

    Wow! Thanks!

  • @carpediem3655
    @carpediem3655 Před 2 měsíci +1

    great!

  • @jurgennaeve3897
    @jurgennaeve3897 Před rokem +1

    What a joy!

  • @ALIASZARDOZ
    @ALIASZARDOZ Před rokem +2

    Sublime ! ❤

  • @sairyloo
    @sairyloo Před 2 lety +2

    Wow!! Bloody marvellous!

  • @jinkibenny
    @jinkibenny Před 2 lety +2

    WOW! I only found Nigel Kennedy today..! Wow! HIS MUSIC & PLAY ARE AMAZING! ALIVE CLASSIC! MORDERN CLASSIC? YES~! He seems like a MORDERN PAGANINI?!!!

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Před 2 lety

      We are glad you enjoyed it! There are many more of his performances to discover on our channel.😊

  • @bmuhamad
    @bmuhamad Před 2 lety +5

    A bigger, older, mature, & expansive brotherly version to The Kronos Quartet's take. Still beautiful. Somehow, hear Charlie Parker & Miles Davis playing in the improvs. Thank you.

  • @auroradarienzo
    @auroradarienzo Před 2 lety +2

    Grandioso !Meravigliosi !

  • @willhooper9541
    @willhooper9541 Před 3 lety +6

    To all the haters and "Jimi would hate this" conspirators... this is called an interpretation of a song - it's done in the style of/dedication to Hendrix.
    Plus given that Hendrix and Zappa were good mates, and Zappa has said that if Hendrix could read music he would have transcribed his music for other instruments I think Hendrix would have loved this to be honest.
    Food for thought too... Dylan going electric was met with disparaging remarks, now some of his most iconic stuff is from that period.
    Hendrix too come underfire for his cover of St Peppers and that too is now a classic and highly acclaimed cover.
    And I'm sure the list goes on...

    • @Unknown-gf6mk
      @Unknown-gf6mk Před 3 lety +1

      Not heard anyone say that. Quite the opposite apart from Classic. Fm

  • @vangelisdestanis4890
    @vangelisdestanis4890 Před 3 lety +3

    Amazing...

  • @cristyfigueroa1914
    @cristyfigueroa1914 Před 5 měsíci

    Nigel y jimi los mejores del mundo

  • @schnupp4991
    @schnupp4991 Před 7 měsíci

    Weltklasse ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @michaellomax2
    @michaellomax2 Před 2 lety +1

    That was brilliant.

  • @humandroid53
    @humandroid53 Před 2 lety +8

    I hardly recognised the song!
    Hendrix composed some beautiful songs such as Rainy day dream away and of course Little Wing.

  • @ribpaie
    @ribpaie Před 2 měsíci

    Superbe Merci

  • @tommot7236
    @tommot7236 Před 2 lety +3

    Shame on Classic FM and well done for sticking to your guns Nigel. Like a lot of people I appreciate all forms of music from Classical to Modern. Hendrix was my hero back in the day and a brilliant musician - shame they wouldn't let you pay tribute to him with 'Little Bird'. Thanks for this though! 👍

  • @patriciaeverett5001
    @patriciaeverett5001 Před rokem +3

    Gotta be incredibly difficult to play!!! Wow!!!!!

  • @nicolegrosbety3513
    @nicolegrosbety3513 Před rokem

    Oui j'adore artiste génial ! Je le connais depuis plus de 20 ans l'écouter ma sauvée ds mon lit d'hôpital

  • @waynemasters8673
    @waynemasters8673 Před 8 měsíci


    Had to watch this as I strip a Peavey bass of its parts and put them on a half barrel thin plywood top and 17th century bridge , magnets on strings and church organ tesonators inside.
    Jimi!
    Jimi!
    Jimi!
    "Machine gun" bass.
    Viola.

  • @nickhenbrown1477
    @nickhenbrown1477 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic!!!

  • @zsoltaudio
    @zsoltaudio Před 2 lety

    Awesome!

  • @nickhenbrown1477
    @nickhenbrown1477 Před 3 lety

    Yes!

  • @thoscar02
    @thoscar02 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I am sure Jimi would have approved.

  • @santiagomateos7211
    @santiagomateos7211 Před 2 lety +1

    ¡Fantástico!

  • @Anna.Lippert
    @Anna.Lippert Před 2 lety

    Bravo!

  • @dsthorp
    @dsthorp Před 9 měsíci

    Nigel!

  • @urbanwarrior3470
    @urbanwarrior3470 Před 3 lety +8

    Sorry, but i just cannot hear Purple Haze in this - apart from right at the end

    • @kevinnimmo2621
      @kevinnimmo2621 Před 3 lety +3

      Me either...and I painfully listened to the whole lot of this nonsense. Utter pish !!!

    • @yoshimitsu8922
      @yoshimitsu8922 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kevinnimmo2621 2:32 you can hear the main riff. I think it's great Mr. Kennedy improvises and solos a lot of this, it's in line with how Hendrix played his guitar

    • @cyclingjoezone
      @cyclingjoezone Před 3 lety

      Agree

    • @StoffelDilligas
      @StoffelDilligas Před 2 lety

      @@kevinnimmo2621 thanks for the heads up

    • @thefathippy
      @thefathippy Před 2 lety +2

      I thought it was cool, but it wasn't Purple Haze or Hendrix

  • @davy1458
    @davy1458 Před 2 lety +2

    Let's hear him try to play Jimi hendix "machine gun" on that violin.

  • @antrygis1
    @antrygis1 Před 2 měsíci

    Nigel was supposed to get together with Uli Jon Roth last year on some cool French Island with a great production but...I hope they can get together and do something.

  • @Random-rt5ec
    @Random-rt5ec Před 2 lety +1

    Ok had I not been told they were playing Hendrix I never would have known, but either way I thought it was awesome. In my opinion teacher unions have dumbed down the USA & as soon as we open the doors to school choice & educational competition I believe classical music will make a huge comeback as will the greatness of the USA.

    • @ironmantooltime
      @ironmantooltime Před 2 lety +1

      You have to know hendrix pretty well to recognise the parts that are straight lifts. But the magic is how he leads the orchestra and merges with I don't know what else he's got. Amazing stuff.

  • @bernardoluisberrocalinca8466

    ¡Buena Nigel!

  • @user-ic3hr8zm8w
    @user-ic3hr8zm8w Před 2 měsíci

    ❤❤❤🎉

  • @joeblakeukeman
    @joeblakeukeman Před 7 měsíci

  • @iwantthe80sback59
    @iwantthe80sback59 Před 2 lety

    If you haven’t already check out the 2 guys on cello playing Thunderstruck.

  • @dizzydino1
    @dizzydino1 Před rokem

    Core!!!

  • @ArnoldVeeman
    @ArnoldVeeman Před 3 lety +1

    Imagine Jurassic FM said this to Paganini 🪤🙃
    They've set a trap for themselves really...
    Great job mister Kennedy!!

  • @pearljam619
    @pearljam619 Před 3 lety +2

    Up The Villa!

  • @K1DA420
    @K1DA420 Před 2 lety

    PLUR 💚

  • @smkh2890
    @smkh2890 Před 3 lety +3

    "Jurassic FM " is going to stick!

  • @cesarvanera
    @cesarvanera Před 2 lety

    5:10 Dude! You're so in there (Greg)

  • @Awfki
    @Awfki Před 2 lety +1

    If purple Haze is in there I'm not hearing it. I looked up an instrumental version since I hadn't heard the song in awhile. This seems to be a different song by the same name.

    • @8odycount
      @8odycount Před 2 lety

      I was thinking the same. I am a very big Hendrix fan and I can only hear suddle fractions of it, if anything at all. And the intro and the outro sounds simply awful. If not to say disgusting. He's definitely a virtuose but I have to admit, I don't like the violin very much, compared to other classical instruments. That might have an impact on my opinion.

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900

    You can always bring the Wide cinema screens to add the pictures, to enjoy the picnic in the park, to feel just fine like a huge enlarged family, we trully need this Spirit of solidarity humanity & positive mood, now more than ever for increasing the human immunity system

  • @stephenjames4937
    @stephenjames4937 Před 2 lety

    I'll bet that was fun to play.

  • @magdalenaludwicka3800

    Rockmen skrzypiec♥️

  • @revealedgnosis
    @revealedgnosis Před 3 lety +2

    Yeah Jurassic fm is rubbish huh. They don't realise the world evolves? That people move on and try new stuff? That generations come and go? But music and classical music lives and breathes with every generation

  • @orenshoval2141
    @orenshoval2141 Před 3 lety +2

    Where is the sheet music for this?

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks for the request. There is probably no sheet music of Nigel Kennedy's version of Purple Haze. Maybe you get the one of Jim Hendrix's original.

    • @orenshoval2141
      @orenshoval2141 Před 3 lety +2

      @@DWClassicalMusic Thank you for the response. To be honest, I asked jokingly. I don't think anyone can compose what Nigel played in this video(excep for him). He is the Hendrix on violin.

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  Před 3 lety +1

      👍

  • @hottiestub6420
    @hottiestub6420 Před 2 lety +1

    Great stuff,glad he told them to stuff their stale attitudes,music needs a good shake up,labelling ,pigeon holing etc,we should be hearing the sex pistols next to Shostakovich on the radio ,it's all bloody music!

  • @admater85
    @admater85 Před 2 lety

    Czy ja słyszę na końcu: trzy, dwa, jeden?

  • @solangelagos3251
    @solangelagos3251 Před 5 měsíci

    Simply hardcore😂

  • @K1DA420
    @K1DA420 Před 2 lety

    MOSHPIT 👊

  • @NatSatFat
    @NatSatFat Před 9 dny

    It's got to be said, there are people who like this type of thing? (the audience loved it) that's the way it is, so I cannot comment on the musicality of the piece, and don't want to trash it, but it's NOT "Purple Haze", for those who don't know it might be but it's certainly NOT.

  • @gerardpaing4650
    @gerardpaing4650 Před 2 lety

    FORMIDABLES LES DEUX !

  • @Dijahtal_Arts_Not_Digital_Arts

    It bears no resemblance to Purple Haze

  • @cynthiakeller5954
    @cynthiakeller5954 Před 2 lety

    Is he playing a stradivarius?

  • @andrewharper831
    @andrewharper831 Před 3 lety +1

    I don't hear it...

  • @markjex9035
    @markjex9035 Před 2 lety +1

    NIGEL, think you should do a " DUET " with KAROLINA PROTSENKO ? she's the only PERSON in the World 🌎 who could teach you a few good moves ! 🕺 🕺 😇 🇬🇧

  • @Millennial_Mike
    @Millennial_Mike Před 2 lety

    I totally respect and dig NK's investment I this... but the rest of the orchestra screams of SQUARE .

  • @pekkapohjola2727
    @pekkapohjola2727 Před 2 lety

    Completely misses point of original Song and that/this is Great!

  • @ronniewest3867
    @ronniewest3867 Před 2 lety

    Wow! Classic FM! You’ve made a big error. If it’s the audience you’re worried about. Watch this one.

  • @ianbrooks2412
    @ianbrooks2412 Před měsícem

    not purple haze

  • @PrinsTan
    @PrinsTan Před 3 lety

    Sounds like a Patty Smith arrangement

  • @bobdyllan5206
    @bobdyllan5206 Před 2 lety

    Bruh just start the real part

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900

    Music happenings are the best regenerating healing dope fans, not only for spreading good vibes, but even for a economical welfare strategy, when a showbiz tour of concerts is creating more than hundred new jobs, an industrial company might get broke in a cup of years. If we want to save Whirlpool washing machines company, how many concerts do we have to build up? Each city square, each weekend if possible, every park garden & school yard, fans, get involved, get in action, music is our salvation, even from the economical depression threat, my favorite political strategy, who said that only terrorists can manufacture the Daily TV news? Musicians deserve the honor of all front pages Ok?

  • @thedoddfishtreemonkey.7760

    Sounds f*ck all like Purple Haze but nice try.

  • @Scrob
    @Scrob Před 2 lety +4

    Fine musicianship, but it's hard to call this a cover when it literally sounds NOTHING AT ALL LIKE THE ORIGINAL. I understand taking SOME artistic liberties, but it was so completely different that it was almost disrespectful. Just plain awful.

  • @Solaar_Punk
    @Solaar_Punk Před rokem

    He's cringe but then obviously that's secondarily important compared to his awesome talent. He looks so healthy these days too. Good luck to him.

  • @69indigoblue
    @69indigoblue Před rokem

    Who else got a bad headache after watching this nervwrecking piece....poor musicians, rehearsing these voodo sounds....oO