Rolf Kühn Explained
Rolf Kühn (29 September 1929 – 18 August 2022) was a German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He was the older brother of the pianist Joachim Kühn.[1]
Kühn lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959. John Hammond favourably compared him with Benny Goodman.[2] In 2008, he founded band with Christian Lillinger, Ronny Graupe, and Johannes Fink.
Rolf Kühn died on 18 August 2022, at the age of 92.[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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Joachim Kuhn . All About Jazz . 25 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100315220535/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=8504 . 15 March 2010 .
- Book: Joachim-Ernst Berendt . Berendt, Joachim E . The Jazz Book . Paladin . 1976 . 208.
- News: RIP Rolf Kühn (1929–2022) . 12 August 2023 . London Jazz News . 22 August 2022.
- Rolf & Joachim Kühn Quartet 'Lifeline' . Hans . Hielscher . de . . 4 . 2012 . 36.
