Berlin (AP) – Jazz musician Rolf Kühn has died at the age of 92 in Berlin, as declared on Monday by the clarinetist’s spouse and children, agency and document business.
Kühn was regarded as one of the couple internationally renowned German jazz musicians. Born in Cologne, he has performed with Benny Goodman, John Coltrane and Chick Corea and has started quite a few bands. Kühn conducted the NDR tv orchestra and was music director at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. In addition to his albums, Kühn has composed a lot of soundtracks for films and television.
In the adhering to months the clarinetist will keep concert events in many German towns, also with his brother, the jazz pianist Joachim Kühn. In accordance to information and facts, Rolf Kühn died on August 18.
“Rolf will generally be remembered as the inspiring, form, ground breaking and younger-at-heart artist and individual he was,” claimed Kühn’s spouse Melanie, his brother, the Jazzhaus Artists company and the Edel / MPS label. “He lived a entire everyday living dedicated to audio, society and joy right until his last working day”.
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