Rolf Kuhn - Solarius

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:10
Size: 92,1 MB
Art: Front

(7:55)  1. Minor Impressions
(6:16)  2. Solarius
(6:24)  3. Sie gleicht wohl einem Rosenstock
(6:33)  4. Mountain Jump
(6:21)  5. Lady Orsina
(6:39)  6. Soldat Tadeusz

Rolf Kuhn's style has evolved through the years. The clarinetist started out playing in German dance bands in the late '40s. He worked with radio orchestras starting in 1952 and moved to the U.S. in 1956. Kuhn subbed for Benny Goodman on a few occasions during 1957-1958, played in the Tommy Dorsey ghost band (1958), and worked in a big band led by Urbie Green (1958-1960). 

In 1962, Kuhn returned to Germany, where he has explored more adventurous styles of jazz (including dates with his younger brother, keyboardist Joachim Kuhn) but still occasionally shows off his ties to swing. Kuhn recorded with an all-star group called Winner's Circle (1957), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1958), and as a leader starting in 1953, including a 1956 New York quartet date for Vanguard. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rolf-k%C3%BChn-mn0000312444/biography               

Personnel:  Rolf Kühn - clarinet;  Michael Urbaniak - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone;  Joachim Kühn - piano;   Klaus Koch - bass;  Czeslaw Bartkowski - drums

Solarius

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