Nigel Kennedy - Plays Jazz (1984)
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® 1984 Chandos Records Ltd.    
© 1990 Chandos Records Ltd. Printed in Austria

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In this day and age of unspontaneous music making, even in the fields of pop and jazz music, Peter Pettinger and I for this disc, at least, were totally unrehearsed. And 1 hope that the spontaneity which arose because of this has more than made up for the lack of rehearsal. I, certainly, can imagine having spent far more time and worry on a worse disc ... but let me tell you how the disc came to be in the first place:
To be honest, 1 suppose I should say 1 am more well known as a classical musician, and it was in this guise that Peter Pettinger and 1 went happily to the pub having just finished recording the Elgar sonata and pieces four hours ahead of schedule. After a drink we both felt like playing again and Brian Couzens (our producer) was game enough to come and record us. My years playing with Stephane Grappelli and in clubs in New York have left me with an insatiable appetite for playing jazz (and, incidentally, any other kind of music) and since Peter Pettinger is such a tremendous jazz pianist we decided to play a few standards. Here is what we came up with, completely unrehearsed and unedited. Stephane Grappelli often used to call me his musical grandson, so 1 hope he likes this disc but will allow his "grandson" to misbehave once in a while...
Nigel Kennedy

Tracks info 
NIGEL KENNEDY plays JAZZ
1. Body and Soul (Green, Hayman, Sour, Laub) - 8:40    
2. Bag's Groove (Milt Jackson) - 9:24
3. Autumn Leaves (Mercer, Kosma) - 9:32   
4. Swing '39 (Reinhardt, Grapelly) - 6:31
5. Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder) - 4:24   
6. Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) - 9:00
7. The Girl from Ipanema (Jobim) - 7:11

Total Time: 54:55

Recorded in the Church of St.John the Martyr, Bloomsbury, London 1984 
Recording Producer & Sound Engineer: Brian Couzens

Personel info

With Peter Pettinger - piano

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