Person

Rolf Kühn

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.

Kühn lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959. John Hammond favourably compared him with Benny Goodman. 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.

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Germany
Born
September 29th, 1929
Died
August 18th, 2022
Genres
Labels
Intercord
Brunswick
Warner Classics
Verve
intuition
Last updated: August 22nd, 2022