G. Gershwin
Rhapsody in Claret & Blue (Arr. Kennedy)
Howard Alden, Tomasz Kupiec, Nigel Kennedy, Sonja Schebeck, Alicja Smietana, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Rolf Bussalb
Kennedy Meets Gershwin
Encouraged from a young age by Stéphane Grappelli, Nigel Kennedy has developed into a fine jazz musician. He solidifies his reputation here with an intimate club session of Gershwin tunes. After kicking off with a lounge-y “Rhapsody in Claret and Blue”, the quartet holds a freer rein in “The Man I Love’”, while “Summertime” is stripped to its beautiful essentials. Songs from Porgy and Bess are performed with winning restraint, and the small snatches of harpsichord are strokes of genius. Kennedy even makes an impressive piano debut on “They Can’t Take that Away From Me” and “Fantasy”.
Our Love Is Here to Stay (Arr. Kennedy)
Nigel Kennedy, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Tomasz Kupiec, Howard Alden, Rolf Bussalb
The Man I Love (Arr. Kennedy)
Nigel Kennedy, Tomasz Kupiec, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Howard Alden, Rolf Bussalb
Dubose Heyward
Summertime (Arr. Kennedy)
Howard Alden, Nigel Kennedy, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Dave Heath, Alicja Smietana, Sonja Schebeck, Tomasz Kupiec, Rolf Bussalb
Time
Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Howard Alden, Dave Heath, Alicja Smietana, Rolf Bussalb, Sonja Schebeck
Porgy & Bess (Arr. Kennedy)
Howard Alden, Sonja Schebeck, Alicja Smietana, Nigel Kennedy, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Tomasz Kupiec, Rolf Bussalb
How Long Has This Been Going On (Arr. Kennedy)
Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Howard Alden, Tomasz Kupiec, Rolf Bussalb, Nigel Kennedy
N. Kennedy
Fantasy
Tomasz Kupiec, Sonja Schebeck, Alicja Smietana, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Howard Alden, Rolf Bussalb
They Can't Take That Away from Me (Arr. Kennedy)
Tomasz Kupiec, Sonja Schebeck, Howard Alden, Nigel Kennedy, Alicja Smietana, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Rolf Bussalb
Oh, Lady Be Good! (Arr. Kennedy)
Nigel Kennedy, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Tomasz Kupiec, Alicja Smietana, Howard Alden, Sonja Schebeck, Rolf Bussalb