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

Crossover violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy has spent the past 30 years interpreting the works of legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Here, accompanied by the Polish Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy puts his unique personal spin on Jimi Hendrix’s classic song “Purple Haze” during a concert at La Citadelle in Carcassonne, France, on July 17, 2005.

Violinist Nigel Kennedy’s discography is extensive, and he’s always shifted among genres, whether classical, jazz, klezmer or rock. In the late 1990s, he formed The Kennedy Experience along with seven other musicians, and released an album in 1999 of instrumental works, each a classical interpretation of a Jimi Hendrix song. “Purple Haze” was one of the tracks, and this performance, with the Polish Chamber Orchestra, showcases Nigel Kennedy’s improvisational talents as well as his crowd-pleasing showmanship.

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