Rolf Kühn

[Onxidlib]

Just got an email from an artist agency which also worked for Rolf Kühn. He has died on August 18, 2022 in Berlin. This was confirmed by his wife and his brother Joachim Kühn. R.I.P.

[Gheorghe]

Oh I´m really sorry to hear that. I just had mentioned him in the "What are you listening" when I answered on a reply about Easter European Jazz , where I mentioned Rolf and Joachim at Newport in the early 60´s ......

[Rabshakeh]

That's really sad news.

[mjazzg]

This is a shame. A long and fruitful career

[clifford_thornton]

Ugh. Very sad news but yes, a long and incredible career. What a musician.

[Balladeer]

Jahrhundertfigur!

So we call in Germany those rare, exceptional artists - like Rolf Kühn is in many ways:
His own history (East-/West-Germany), one of the first Europeans to succeed in the US, in his case with Benny Goodman in N.Y,
enormously versatile (works for radio, tv, theatre), played with the big ones like Mangelsdorff, NHOP, Corea, Randy Brecker and finally with the young generation of German jazz up til high age (comparable with Art Blakey!), sticked to clarinet all his life, never switched to tenor.
Above all his always natural, friendly way. 

RIP, Rolf Kühn

[mikeweil]

An extraordinary jazz life! I read the sad news this morning when the Darmstadt Jazz Institut posted it on facebook. R.I.P

[Д.Д.]

Not too knowledgeable of his music, but what I heard I enjoyed very much. Love his Solarius quintet date. 

[sgcim]

More sad news. RIP.

[clifford_thornton]

21 hours ago, Balladeer said:

Jahrhundertfigur!

So we call in Germany those rare, exceptional artists - like Rolf Kühn is in many ways:
His own history (East-/West-Germany), one of the first Europeans to succeed in the US, in his case with Benny Goodman in N.Y,
enormously versatile (works for radio, tv, theatre), played with the big ones like Mangelsdorff, NHOP, Corea, Randy Brecker and finally with the young generation of German jazz up til high age (comparable with Art Blakey!), sticked to clarinet all his life, never switched to tenor.
Above all his always natural, friendly way. 

RIP, Rolf Kühn

Totally. Impressions of New York was the first of his albums I heard, back in college, and it floored me. He worked with seemingly everybody, and everybody sounded like they were on fire when playing his tunes.