Nigel Kennedy, making his Prom comeback big-stylie, is described by the Radio Times as 'a part-time resident of Poland' and part of the 'funky Krakow jazz scene'.
Firstly - I saw only one NK gig advertised in Kraków the whole duration of my stay, and that was a rather sedate concert in the Tempel (or Nowy... I'm not sure - the one on Miodowa, opposite Estery) Synagogue during the Jewish Cultural Festival last year. If he were really deep-rooted in Kraków's jazz scene, he'd be a regular in the cellar at Alchemia. Or in the Jazz Rock Cafe, U Louisa, Piec Art, the karaoke on Grodzka - do add your own. Or giving the Ukrainian accordionists a run for their money outside Kosciół Mariacki. Or even Singing for Fun in Cracow...
But no. One concert in a synagogue... and all beyond the reaches of my measly weekly budget.
As for 'a part-time resident of Poland': part-time my elbow! He's just another Pole-married British bloke who can't work out how to fill in the tax declaration forms ...
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"S*** bonk tw** up the Villa Schoenberg was a CRAZY guy where's me fiddle Beethoven ain't only for the TOFFS up the CLARETS...(drones in in faux working class tone for hours). Nigel is AWFUL. His latest album is AWFUL. His murdering of Blue Note standards on his previous album was AWFUL. Stick to playing the works of dead white European males, Nige.
I have a fairly healthy suspicion (perhaps undeserved) of Nigel Kennedy.
However one plus point is that he gets people in the UK listening to Polish classical composers. Normally our airwaves are dominated by the Russians - Rachmaninov (not that I'm complaining on that count), Tchaikovsky, Mussorsky (Ukrainian??), Glinka, etc.
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