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Rolf Kühn
Kühn in 2017
Background information
Born	(1929-09-28)28 September 1929 Cologne, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Died	18 August 2022(2022-08-18) (aged 92) Berlin, Germany
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Clarinet, saxophone
Formerly of	Joachim Kühn
Website	rolf-kuehn.de

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]

• 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]

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)

• Official website
• Rolf Kühn discography at Discogs
• Rolf Kühn at IMDb