Length 55:12 Release date 7 September 1999 Label Sony Classical Records | Artist The Kennedy Experience Producer Nigel Kennedy | |
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Released September 7, 1999 (1999-09-07) Recorded 30 November – 2 December 1998 Genres Classical music, Psychedelic rock Similar Plays Jazz, Riders on the Storm: The Door, Polish Spirit, A Very Nice Album, Kennedy plays Bach with the B | ||
The Kennedy Experience is a music group and eponymous instrumental album conceived and produced in 1999 by violinist Nigel Kennedy. The album is largely derived from the music of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and the title references his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience. According to a BBC interview with Kennedy, the violinist stated that the recording is "an album of music inspired by Jimi Hendrix. It is an extended instrumental work in six movements, each movement a classical interpretation of a Hendrix song". On the recording, Kennedy is accompanied by seven other musicians, and the lineup includes two cellos, an oboe, two guitars, a Dobro, flute, and double bass. With cellist Lynn Harrell, he has recorded an album of duets.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix.
Songs
1Third Stone From the SunNigel Kennedy14:06
2Little WingNigel Kennedy10:58
31983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)Nigel Kennedy15:21