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Joachim Kühn

Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944)[1] is a German jazz pianist.

Joachim Kühn
Joachim Kühn on Jazz Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 3 July 2014
Joachim Kühn, Jazz Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3 July 2014
Background information
Birth nameJoachim Kurt Kühn
Born (1944-03-15) 15 March 1944 (age 80)
Leipzig, Germany
GenresClassical, jazz, avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards
Years active1961 – present
LabelsImpulse!, BYG Actuel, MPS, ACT
Joachim Kühn in March 2010

Biography

He was born in Leipzig, Germany.[1] Kühn was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition,[1] with Arthur Schmidt-Elsey. Influenced by his elder brother, clarinetist Rolf Kühn, he simultaneously got interested in jazz. In 1961, he became a professional jazz musician.[1] With a trio of his own, founded in 1964,[2] he presented the first free jazz in the GDR. In 1966, he left the country and settled in Hamburg. Together with his brother, he played at the Newport Jazz Festival and recorded with Jimmy Garrison and Aldo Romano for Impulse!.

Kühn has largely lived in Paris since 1968, and worked with Don Cherry, Karl Berger, Slide Hampton, Phil Woods, Michel Portal, Barre Phillips, Eje Thelin, Ray Lema, Hellmut Hattler, and Jean-Luc Ponty.[3] As a member of Pierre Courbois's Association P.C., he turned to electronic keyboards. During the second half of the 1970s, he lived in California and joined the West Coast fusion scene and recorded with Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Cobham, Michael Brecker, and Eddie Gómez.

Having settled near Paris again, he played in an acoustic trio with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Daniel Humair since 1985. In the summer of 1996, he joined Ornette Coleman[2] for two concerts at the Verona and Leipzig festivals, which opened the way for his Diminished Augmented System. In 2015 he formed the New Joachim Kühn Trio with Chris Jennings and Eric Schaefer.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Year recordedTitleLabelNotes
1967Impressions of New YorkImpulse!Quartet, with Rolf Kühn (clarinet), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Aldo Romano (drums)[4]
1969?Sound of FeelingsBYG ActuelTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Aldo Romano
1969?Paris Is WonderfulByg ActuelTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Aldo Romano
1973?This Way OutBASF/MPSwith Gerd Dudek, Peter Warren, Daniel Humair
1974Cinemascope
1975?Hip ElegyMPSwith Terumasa Hino, Philip Catherine, John Lee, Naná Vasconcelos, Alphonse Mouzon
1976?Solo Nowwith Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunter Hampel, Pierre Favre
1976SpringfeverAtlanticMost tracks quartet, with Philip Catherine (guitar), John Lee (bass), Gerry Brown (drums); one track with Zbigniew Seifert (violin), Curt Cress (drums) added[5]
1977?CharismaAtlanticSolo piano
1978SunshowerAtlanticWith Jan Akkerman and Ray Gomez (guitar), Tony Newton (electric bass, piccolo bass), Glenn Symmonds (drums), Willie Dee (vocals)[6][7]
1979Kiel/Stuttgart Live!InakDuo, with Jan Akkerman (guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer); in concert[8]
1980?Snow in the DesertAtlanticSolo piano
1981Nightline New YorkInakWith Michael Brecker and Bob Mintzer (tenor sax), Eddie Gómez, Billy Hart (drums), Mark Nauseef (percussion)[8]
1983I'm Not DreamingCMPWith George Lewis (trombone), Ottomar Borwitzky (cello), Mark Nauseef (piccolo, tenor sax, percussion), Herbert Forsch (percussion)[8]
1984DistanceCMPSolo piano[8]
1985TransformationsCMPSolo piano; also known as Wandlungen[8]
1985Easy to ReadOwlTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (bass), Daniel Humair (drums)[9]
1988From Time to Time FreeCMPTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (bass), Daniel Humair (drums)[8]
1988AmbianceAmbianceDuo, with Walter Quintus (digital sound-board)[8]
1988?SituationsAtlanticSolo piano
1989Live: Théâtre De La Ville, Paris, 1989CMPTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Daniel Humair; in concert[10]
1990?DynamicsCMPSolo piano
1990Let's Be GenerousCMPWith Miroslav Tadic (guitar), Tony Newton (bass), Mark Nauseef (drums, percussion)[8]
1991Get Up EarlyAmbianceDuo, with Walter Quintus (digital sound-board)[8]
1991CarambolageCMPWith the WDR Big Band[10]
1991–92Sometime AgoNew EditionWith Harry Beckett (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jerry Bergonzi (tenor sax), Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Thomas Alkier (drums); released 2006[9]
1993?Usual ConfusionTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Daniel Humair
1994?Joachim Kühn Plays Lili MarleenSolo piano
1994EuropeanaACTWith Radio Philharmonie Hannover NDR[11]
1987–95Joachim Kühn Birthday Edition / EuropeanaACTSome tracks trio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (bass), Daniel Humair (drums); in concert; other tracks released on Europeana; released 2014[12]
1995Famous MelodiesLabel BleuSolo piano[9]
1995?AbstractsLabel BleuSolo piano[13]
1996Colors: Live from LeipzigHarmolodic/VerveDuo, with Ornette Coleman (alto sax, trumpet, violin); in concert
1997?Generations from (East) GermanyKlangRäumeDuo, with Connie Bauer
1998?Triple EntenteMercury/PolyGram FranceTrio, with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Daniel Humair
1999The Diminished Augmented SystemEmArcySolo piano[9]
2001?Universal Timewith Chris Potter, Scott Colley, Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez, Michel Portal
2002?Bach Now - Livewith Thomanerchor
2003Piano Works I: Allegro VivaceACTSolo piano[9]
2004PoisonIn + OutTrio, with Jean-Paul Celea (bass), Wolfgang Reisinger (drums)[9]
2005?Journey to the Centre of an EggEnjawith Rabih Abou-Khalil, Jarrod Cagwin
2006KalimbaACTTrio, with Majid Bekkas (guembri, oud, kalimba, vocals), Ramón López (drums)[14][15]
2008Piano Works IX: Live at Schloss ElmauACTDuo, with Michael Wollny (piano); in concert[16]
2008Out of the DesertACTWith Majid Bekkas (vocals, guembri, kalimba, molo), Ramón López (drums, tabla), guests[17]
2010ChalabaACTTrio, with Majid Bekkas (vocals, guembri, oud), Ramón López (drums, tabla, percussion)[18]
2010Out of the Desert LiveACTWith Majid Bekkas (vocals, guembri, oud), Ramón López (drums, tabla, percussion), hr-Bigband / Frankfurt Radio Bigband; in concert[19]
2011?Wo!manArchie BallDuo, with Archie Shepp
2011–12Voodoo SenseACTWith Majid Bekkas (guembri, vocals, kalimba, balafon), Ramón López (drums, percussion); with Archie Shepp (tenor sax), Kouassi Bessan Joseph and Gouria Danielle (percussion, vocals), Dally Jean Eric (calabas), Gilles Ahadji (jembe), Abdessadek Bounhar (karkabou) added on some tracks[20]
2012?LifelineBoutiquewith Rolf Kühn, John Patitucci, Brian Blade[21]
2014?MoscowACTDuo, with Alexey Kruglov (alto sax)[22]
2015Beauty and TruthACTTrio, with Chris Jennings (bass), Eric Schaefer (drums)[23]
2017Love & PeaceACTTrio, with Chris Jennings (bass), Eric Schaefer (drums)[24]
2018Piano Works XIII: Melodic Ornette ColemanACTSolo piano[25]
2020Speaking SoundACTDuo with violinist Mateusz Smoczyński[26]
2021Touch the LightACTSolo piano[27]

As sideman

References

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