[Dixielandjazz] Jamie Cullum or Rob McCallum?

[Bill Gunter]

Thank, Cees . . .

Nigel Kennedy was indeed the name of the violinist who performed with the 
Sacramento Symphony some years ago.

I'll have to google him and see what he's been up to these days.

Cheers,

Bill "Fiddler" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Cees van den Heuvel" <heu at bart.nl>
>To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>, <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jamie Cullum or Rob McCallum?
>Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:51:31 +0200
>
>I think his name is Nigel Kennedy.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Cees van den Heuvel
>http://www.revivaljassband.nl
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
>To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jamie Cullum or Rob McCallum?
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>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Steve B wrote:
>>
>>>Some, like Sacramento, or the Baltimore Symphony are
>>>trying different approaches to reverse that trend.
>>
>>Does anyone recall the name of the young "hippy" concert violinist?  I 
>>can't remember his name, but he came to Sacramento (where I live) and 
>>performed with the Sacramento Symphony (r.i.p.) about 10 or so years ago. 
>>I believe he played one of the Mozart string concertos.
>>
>>The program notes indicated that he had not only performed with many of 
>>the county's leading symphony orchestras, he has also performed with the 
>>Beatles!
>>
>>He was dressed in a pretty outlandish fashion, the overall look derived 
>>from the "punk" fashion of the day and, as I recall, his hair was dyed 
>>some bright color and styled in a rather extreme "do." He was not dressed 
>>anything like anyone else on the stage all of whom wore the standard 
>>tuxedo with black bow tie . . . I believe the conductor, Carter Nice, got 
>>to wear a tux with tails and a white bow tie.
>>
>>The logic of this escaped me, because the people he was impressing with 
>>his appearance were already at the concert. The people he wanted to 
>>"reach" and attract to the symphony (the young and the hip) were all 
>>somewhere else.
>>
>>They should have ADVERTISED the event and splashed his "hipness" all over 
>>the entertainment sections of all the local media and maybe even  put up a 
>>billboard with his picture printed in vivid colors.
>>
>>As I recall, he was a competent violinist (perhaps lacking a bit of the 
>>virtuosity of Zucherman or Perlman) and he gave an enjoyable concert.
>>
>>For an encore he played a Beatles tune (don't remember which one) and 
>>sprinked it with lots of quotes from classical melodies. I enjoyed that 
>>part a lot because he did it with a flair and a smile and we all knew what 
>>he was playing.
>>
>>Damn . . . can't remember his name - anyone know who that might have been?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Bill Gunter
>>jazzboard at hotmail.com
>>
>>
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