Rolf Kühn
Rolf Kühn (born 29 September 1929) is a German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He is the older brother of the pianist Joachim Kühn.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Born | 28 September 1929 Köln, Germany |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Clarinet, saxophone |
| Associated acts | Joachim Kühn |
| Website | rolf-kuehn |
He lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959 and drew favourable reviews, for example a comparison with Benny Goodman by John H. Hammond.[2] In 2008 he founded band with Christian Lillinger, Ronny Graupe, and Johannes Fink.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Rolf Kühn among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[3]
Discography
As leader
- Streamline (Vanguard, 1956)
- Rolf Kuhn and His Sound of Jazz (Urania, 1960)
- Rolf Kuhn feat. Klaus Doldinger (Brunswick, 1962)
- Solarius (Amiga, 1965)
- Nana Und Rolf in Action: Make Love! (Intercord, 1969)
- R. K. Sextet (Intercord, 1969)
- Devil in Paradise (MPS/BASF, 1971)
- The Day After (MPS, 1972)
- Connection '74 (MPS/BASF, 1974)
- Total Space (MPS/BASF, 1975)
- Symphonic Swampfire (MPS, 1979)
- Cucu Ear (MPS, 1980)
- Don't Split (L+R, 1983)
- As Time Goes By (Blue Flame, 1991)
- Big Band Connection (Blue Flame, 1993)
- Affairs (Intuition, 1997)
- Inside Out (Intuition, 1999)
- Internal Eyes (Intuition, 1999)
- Smile: Famous Themes from Hollywood (Intuition, 2003)
- Bouncing with Bud (In+Out, 2005)
- Close Up (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009)
- Rollercoaster (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009)
- Stop Time! (Sonorama, 2014)
- Stereo (MPS, 2015)
- Spotlights (MPS, 2016)
- Yellow + Blue (MPS, 2018)
With Joachim Kuhn
- Re-Union in Berlin (CBS, 1965)
- Transfiguration (SABA, 1967)
- Impressions of New York (Impulse!, 1968)
- Monday Morning Hor Zu (Black Label, 1969)
- The Kuhn Brothers & the Mad Rockers (Metronome, 1969)
- Bloody Rockers (BYG, 1969)
- Going to the Rainbow (BASF, 1971)
- Brothers (Intuition, 1996)
- East Berlin 1966 (Another Side (of Jazz), 2006)
- Lifeline (Impulse!, 2012)[4]
As sideman
With Horst Jankowski
- Gaste Bei Horst Jankowski (Metronome, 1962)
- Follow Me (Intercord, 1972)
- Starportrait/Follow Me (Intercord, 1975)
- Wonderful (Opera, 2003)
With others
- Eddie Costa, At Newport (Verve, 1957)
- Buddy DeFranco, The Three Sopranos (2001)
- Klaus Doldinger, Jubilee (Atlantic, 1973)
- Tommy Dorsey, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Brunswick, 1958)
- European Jazz Ensemble, 20th Anniversary Tour (Konnex, 1997)
- Urbie Green, The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green (Command, 1960)
- Urbie Green, The Message (RCA, 1986)
- Friedrich Gulda, Music for 4 Soloists and Band No. 1 (SABA, 1965)
- Friedrich Gulda, Austrian Jazz Art: Friedrich Gulda and His Big bands (Amadeo, 2004)
- Greetje Kauffeld, Young Girl Sunday Jazz (Sonorama, 2015)
- Eartha Kitt, Thinking Jazz (ITM, 1991)
- Albert Mangelsdorff, Albert Mangelsdorff (Fabbri Editori 1981)
- Albert Mangelsdorff, Early Discoveries (Jazzhaus, 2016)
- Oscar Pettiford, Germany 1958/1959 (Jazzhaus, 2013)
- George Wallington, The Workshop of the George Wallington Trio & Eddie Costa Trio (Norgran, 1975)
References
- "Joachim Kuhn". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- Berendt, Joachim E (1976). The Jazz Book. Paladin. p. 208.
- Rosen, Jody (25 June 2019). "Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- Hielscher, Hans (2012). "Rolf & Joachim Kühn Quartet 'Lifeline'". Kulturspiegel (in German) (4): 36.
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