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 As he admits in the liner notes for "Nigel Kennedy Plays Jazz," Kennedy is more well known for his classical playing than his jazz. Or at least that used to be the case. No one will be suprised by his excursions outside classical, however. His image within the classical world was non-traditional, with a punk haircut and clothes (and now his use of only his last name on show bills follows in the rock tradition of one-name artists).Unlike his American counterpart Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (who also started her classical career with a good deal more leather in her wardrobe), Kennedy hasn't toned down his image. And although Sonnenberg has made some limited sojurns into non-classical music with one or two recordings, Kennedy has gone so far as to create an entire band for non-classical string music. Unfortunately I'm working from memory on this, as I don't have the issue of the Strad in which I saw a picture of said band. But I'll fill in the details here when I get more info. Same goes for his discography. I'm afraid I'm limited to single album at the moment. More info as it comes.
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http://www.teuto.de/~philipp/kennedy Discography KAFKA (1997)
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The Girl from Ipanema (.AIFF format, 396K, 34 second clip)