For years now, violinist Kennedy--the self-proclaimed bad boy of the string set--has tried ... more
to set classical music on its ear. No, not like the Kronos Quartet--peppering great performances of eclectic, underheard New Music works with an encore of Hendrix or Raymond Scott--but with punk attitude and a name change, and by selling a ton of albums (at least in the case of hisFour Seasons). His technique is debatable, but you really can't blame a guy for turning a ton of people into new classical-music fans. WithThe Kennedy Experience, the violinist puts aside the Elgar, Beethoven and Brahms (at least for an hour) and focuses on the work of (you guessed it) Jimi Hendrix. With his Kennedy Experience octet, the chamber ensemble performs guitar-rock classics such as "Little Wing", "Fire", and, of course, "Purple Haze". These are extended jams--opener "Third Stone from the Sun" is 14 minutes long--but the playing is fine, with plenty of improvisation. Kennedy transcribed Hendrix's more complex tunes into parts for winds and cellos, while he and his string section (two guitarists and two cellists) go free form. Loose and jazzy, it's an impressive--though far from classical--effort, with none of the typical clichés found in rock tribute albums. --Jason Verlinde
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Advantages: Re-Recordings Of His Hits, Along With Unique Covers And Songs Disadvantages: Sound Quality Occasionally Drops, Although Not To Any Great Extent
included, and they are great, but one with great sound and fully developed instrumentation would have been a dream. But then, this is still a spectacular track, taking some of the elements that would be seen on Electric Ladyland?s Voodoo Chile, with the apparent audience watching them play, and sticking to some of the features heard on some live performances of the track. The track also features little bits of off-hand leaving the studio and Jimi speech, which is a nice way to end the song and disk 1.
Disk 2
2. Killing Floor *****
This is a track that is often featured in some of the JimiHendrixExperience?s early performances, a great working of this Howling Wolf track. It is fast in both pace and length of track, but this provides some of the excitement that makes this group as exciting today as they must have been when they were first ...
Advantages: A compilation of great songs from a great musician Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!
When James Marshall Hendrix died in September 1970 at the age of just 27, the world lost a great, talented musician who was a definite icon and innovator in music...and here comes a "definitive" greatest hits album of Hendrix's work - "ExperienceHendrix".
Released in the UK in 1997, the two-disc edition includes one CD of twenty of Hendrix's releases from numerous years of work...
"Purple Haze" - 2:52
"Fire" - 2:43
"The Wind Cries Mary" - 3:20
"Hey Joe" - 3:30
"All Along the Watchtower" - 3:59
"Stone Free" - 3:36
"Crosstown Traffic" - 2:19
"Manic Depression" - 3:42
"Little Wing" - 2:25
"If 6 Was 9" - 5:34
"Foxy Lady" - 3:19
"Bold As Love" - 4:11
"Castles Made of Sand" - 2:47
"Red House" - 3:50
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - 5:12
"Freedom" - 3:25
"Night Bird Flying" - 3:50
"Angel" - 4:22
"Dolly ...
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