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

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  • Опубліковано 16 січ 2025

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  • @ksims6449
    @ksims6449 3 роки тому +86

    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 2 роки тому

      DUDE !!!!

    • @GloriaDelBorrello
      @GloriaDelBorrello 4 місяці тому +1

      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 😂

  • @knotknown847
    @knotknown847 3 роки тому +59

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

  • @tesorotesoro1654
    @tesorotesoro1654 3 роки тому +82

    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 3 роки тому +12

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

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @ironmantooltime
      @ironmantooltime 3 роки тому +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.

  • @FortunateJuice
    @FortunateJuice 4 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

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

  • @duledule1127
    @duledule1127 3 роки тому +21

    The freest man in the Universe!

  • @PixieDixie-r5v
    @PixieDixie-r5v Рік тому +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!

  • @mikelichteveld4604
    @mikelichteveld4604 3 роки тому +34

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

  • @elainenye-evans4555
    @elainenye-evans4555 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @EllieMcEla
    @EllieMcEla 4 роки тому +13

    the whole orchestra be bopping

  • @seanedwards6193
    @seanedwards6193 2 роки тому +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!

  • @johnmunro4952
    @johnmunro4952 3 роки тому +10

    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!

  • @weddo22
    @weddo22 Рік тому +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 ❤

  • @finadasairas4797
    @finadasairas4797 11 місяців тому

    !!!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

  • @christopheratkins6640
    @christopheratkins6640 3 роки тому +29

    Disappointed he didn’t set the violin on fire

    • @Jamesason
      @Jamesason Рік тому +1

      😂 🔥

    • @waynemasters8673
      @waynemasters8673 Рік тому

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

    • @PJohn-gc8xv
      @PJohn-gc8xv 7 місяців тому

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

  • @elizabethmcdonald7027
    @elizabethmcdonald7027 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @elizabethperry9092
    @elizabethperry9092 3 роки тому +10

    Nigel, you are a master!

    • @elizabethperry9092
      @elizabethperry9092 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @elizabethperry9092
      @elizabethperry9092 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @elizabethperry9092
      @elizabethperry9092 3 роки тому

      @Dan Dugan ???

  • @BillieD2000
    @BillieD2000 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @paulthornhill9930
    @paulthornhill9930 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful! Jimi would have loved it.

  • @sairyloo
    @sairyloo 3 роки тому +3

    Wow!! Bloody marvellous!

  • @TJ-Dives
    @TJ-Dives 2 роки тому +3

    Badass Is Nigel

  • @steveridsdale9426
    @steveridsdale9426 2 роки тому +2

    Simply perfection

  • @davidpegram5862
    @davidpegram5862 3 роки тому +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

  • @simonbertioli4696
    @simonbertioli4696 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @Dreamagic23
      @Dreamagic23 3 роки тому

      Even the orchestra having a Good time!

    • @zbigniewkulaga2753
      @zbigniewkulaga2753 Рік тому

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

  • @ALIASZARDOZ
    @ALIASZARDOZ Рік тому +3

    Sublime ! ❤

  • @malkru
    @malkru 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @kevinhopton1
    @kevinhopton1 3 роки тому +2

    Love it. Just pure joy!!

  • @jurgennaeve3897
    @jurgennaeve3897 2 роки тому +1

    What a joy!

  • @garryfoster94
    @garryfoster94 4 роки тому +8

    Utter class..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @clairematty3831
    @clairematty3831 Рік тому +1

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

    • @jamiew1664
      @jamiew1664 3 місяці тому

      evesham? was this there?? i live near chipping camden, we are talking about the same evesham right? id have loved to go see him

  • @ayseboykin5808
    @ayseboykin5808 7 місяців тому +1

    Hendrix is a classic! ❤

  • @vangelisdestanis4890
    @vangelisdestanis4890 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing...

  • @lesliecompton4061
    @lesliecompton4061 Рік тому

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

  • @bmuhamad
    @bmuhamad 3 роки тому +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.

  • @michaellomax2
    @michaellomax2 2 роки тому +1

    That was brilliant.

  • @heinzweixelbraun682
    @heinzweixelbraun682 3 роки тому +3

    For me the greatest.

  • @willhooper9541
    @willhooper9541 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @auroradarienzo
    @auroradarienzo 2 роки тому +2

    Grandioso !Meravigliosi !

  • @carpediem3655
    @carpediem3655 6 місяців тому +1

    great!

  • @jinkibenny
    @jinkibenny 2 роки тому +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  2 роки тому

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

  • @humandroid53
    @humandroid53 3 роки тому +8

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

  • @ADAMPETERS-eu7md
    @ADAMPETERS-eu7md 15 днів тому

    I’m seeing I’ve this January at the Barbican. I am incredibly lucky. What a privilege. My hope is that I’ll find a way to go to the after party.

  • @elenamargulescu5289
    @elenamargulescu5289 7 місяців тому

    Wow! Thanks!

  • @heinzweixelbraun682
    @heinzweixelbraun682 2 роки тому +2

    Die Genialität Jimmy Hendrix fortgeführt …

  • @ribpaie
    @ribpaie 7 місяців тому

    Superbe Merci

  • @zsoltaudio
    @zsoltaudio 3 роки тому

    Awesome!

  • @tommot7236
    @tommot7236 3 роки тому +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! 👍

  • @nicolegrosbety3513
    @nicolegrosbety3513 2 роки тому

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

  • @nickhenbrown1477
    @nickhenbrown1477 3 роки тому

    Fantastic!!!

  • @santiagomateos7211
    @santiagomateos7211 2 роки тому +1

    ¡Fantástico!

  • @nickhenbrown1477
    @nickhenbrown1477 3 роки тому

    Yes!

  • @saucerfull1
    @saucerfull1 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Anna.Lippert
    @Anna.Lippert 3 роки тому

    Bravo!

  • @cristyfigueroa1914
    @cristyfigueroa1914 9 місяців тому

    Nigel y jimi los mejores del mundo

  • @bernardoluisberrocalinca8466

    ¡Buena Nigel!

  • @patriciaeverett5001
    @patriciaeverett5001 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @schnupp4991
    @schnupp4991 11 місяців тому

    Weltklasse ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @thoscar02
    @thoscar02 11 місяців тому +1

    I am sure Jimi would have approved.

  • @dizzydino1
    @dizzydino1 2 роки тому

    Core!!!

  • @Random-rt5ec
    @Random-rt5ec 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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.

  • @iwantthe80sback59
    @iwantthe80sback59 2 роки тому

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

  • @dsthorp
    @dsthorp Рік тому

    Nigel!

  • @waynemasters8673
    @waynemasters8673 Рік тому


    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.

  • @cesarvanera
    @cesarvanera 3 роки тому

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

  • @ArnoldVeeman
    @ArnoldVeeman 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @urbanwarrior3470
    @urbanwarrior3470 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @kevinnimmo2621
      @kevinnimmo2621 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @yoshimitsu8922
      @yoshimitsu8922 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

      Agree

    • @StoffelDilligas
      @StoffelDilligas 3 роки тому

      @@kevinnimmo2621 thanks for the heads up

    • @thefathippy
      @thefathippy 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @joeblakeukeman
    @joeblakeukeman Рік тому

  • @antrygis1
    @antrygis1 6 місяців тому

    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.

  • @GracielaCrapanzano
    @GracielaCrapanzano 6 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤🎉

  • @Awfki
    @Awfki 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

      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.

  • @orenshoval2141
    @orenshoval2141 3 роки тому +2

    Where is the sheet music for this?

    • @DWClassicalMusic
      @DWClassicalMusic  3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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  3 роки тому +1

      👍

  • @K1DA420
    @K1DA420 3 роки тому

    PLUR 💚

  • @davy1458
    @davy1458 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Bokgat
    @Bokgat 3 місяці тому

    so the main theme music for the movie Psycho came from Prince??

  • @smkh2890
    @smkh2890 3 роки тому +3

    "Jurassic FM " is going to stick!

  • @pearljam619
    @pearljam619 4 роки тому +2

    Up The Villa!

  • @magdalenaludwicka3800
    @magdalenaludwicka3800 2 роки тому

    Rockmen skrzypiec♥️

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900
    @melaniamonicacraciun9900 3 роки тому

    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 2 роки тому

    I'll bet that was fun to play.

  • @cynthiakeller5954
    @cynthiakeller5954 2 роки тому

    Is he playing a stradivarius?

  • @revealedgnosis
    @revealedgnosis 3 роки тому +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

  • @K1DA420
    @K1DA420 3 роки тому

    MOSHPIT 👊

  • @admater85
    @admater85 2 роки тому

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

  • @Dijahtal_Arts_Not_Digital_Arts
    @Dijahtal_Arts_Not_Digital_Arts 3 роки тому +3

    It bears no resemblance to Purple Haze

  • @gerardpaing4650
    @gerardpaing4650 2 роки тому

    FORMIDABLES LES DEUX !

  • @solangelagos3251
    @solangelagos3251 9 місяців тому

    Simply hardcore😂

  • @michaelkrummel2071
    @michaelkrummel2071 4 місяці тому

    Have they ever heard Jimi Hedrix? That was not Purple Haze. It wasn't even close.

  • @markjex9035
    @markjex9035 3 роки тому +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 ! 🕺 🕺 😇 🇬🇧

    • @markjex9035
      @markjex9035 3 роки тому

      Well !

    • @markjex9035
      @markjex9035 3 роки тому

      Nigel, can you Respond to this Comment Please 🇬🇧

  • @andrewharper831
    @andrewharper831 3 роки тому +1

    I don't hear it...

  • @Millennial_Mike
    @Millennial_Mike 3 роки тому

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

  • @NatSatFat
    @NatSatFat 4 місяці тому

    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.

  • @pekkapohjola2727
    @pekkapohjola2727 3 роки тому

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

  • @ronniewest3867
    @ronniewest3867 3 роки тому

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

  • @Scrob
    @Scrob 3 роки тому +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.

  • @PrinsTan
    @PrinsTan 3 роки тому

    Sounds like a Patty Smith arrangement

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900
    @melaniamonicacraciun9900 3 роки тому

    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?

  • @ianbrooks2412
    @ianbrooks2412 5 місяців тому

    not purple haze

  • @thedoddfishtreemonkey.7760
    @thedoddfishtreemonkey.7760 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @Solaar_Punk
    @Solaar_Punk Рік тому

    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.

  • @bobdyllan5206
    @bobdyllan5206 3 роки тому

    Bruh just start the real part

  • @donolinger6904
    @donolinger6904 3 роки тому +1

    So that's a version of "Purple Haze," eh? It doesn't sound anything at all like Jimis original. It's terrible. If you want to see a great violinist, check out the worlds biggest sweetheart, Lettice Rowbotham. She wants to be the next Hendrix. When she makes her violin sound like a guitar, you can see that she is up to it. She's eye candy, so she is a pleasure to watch, especially when she really gets dancing. She can turn any frown upside down, if you let her. She's hilarious too. God doesn't make them like that anymore, at least it seems that way. Tell me what you think.