Paul Kuhn & SDR Big Band - Swingtime: The Original Arrangements 2

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:58
Size: 162,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. South Rampart Street Parade
(3:24)  2. Tuxedo Junction
(3:06)  3. Back Bay Shuffle
(2:52)  4. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
(2:56)  5. 720 In The Book
(4:23)  6. I Can't Get Started (Vocal)
(3:13)  7. Boogie Woogie
(3:50)  8. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
(3:19)  9. Casa Loma Stomp
(3:21) 10. Concerto For Cootie
(3:27) 11. A String Of Pearls
(3:55) 12. Sing, Sing, Sing
(3:27) 13. And The Angels Sing (Vocal)
(4:44) 14. Moten Swing
(3:12) 15. Jumpin' At The Woodside
(1:39) 16. Ciribiribin
(3:13) 17. Jersey Bounce
(2:59) 18. Harlem Nocturne
(3:27) 19. Yes, Indeed! (Vocal)
(4:54) 20. Air Mail Special

Paul Kuhn (12 March 1928 – 23 September 2013) was a German jazz musician, band leader, singer and pianist. He was the band leader of the SFB Big Band, the orchestra of the Sender Freies Berlin, the TV-Station of West Berlin, part of ARD. He was the conductor of the German entry in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest. Kuhn was born a the son of a croupier in Wiesbaden. In 1936, at the age of 8, he had a public gig at the 'Funkausstellung' in Berlin, playing the accordion. Some years later, he discovered jazz music (which was frowned upon during the nazi time (1933-1945)). In 1944, he was in Paris and had some gigs to entertain soldiers of the Wehrmacht, who still occupied Paris.After V-Day (8 May 1945), the USA formed an occupation zone in parts of Germany, amongst them the region around Frankfurt. Kuhn was hired by AFN (American Forces Network), he was live on radio almost every day, alone or with his band. 

He adopted the style and sound of Glenn Miller (1904-1944). In the 1950s, he arranged and composed entertainment music. Around 1955, he increasingly launched pop songs, sung and played by himself. During the sixties, more and more west German households bought a TV; music shows, big bands and singers were very successful. In 1968, Kuhn was named head of the entertainment orchestra of Sender Freies Berlin. In 1980, this band was dissolved and Kuhn moved to Cologne and founded his own orchestra. Starting in 2000, he toured with Max Greger, Hugo Strasser and the Big Band of SWR (Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk). At the end of 2011, Kuhn travelled to San Francisco to record a CD (The L.A. Session, with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton). The album was released in 2013. His most known hits were Der Mann am Klavier (1954), Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii (1963) and Die Farbe der Liebe (1958 in the charts). ~ Bio  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kuhn_%28band_leader%29

Swingtime: The Original Arrangements 2

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