Rolf Kühn: Blues for Swingers - The Hamburg Tapes

Rolf Kühn Combo: Hamburg Souvenirs 1962
Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Line up unknown
recorded live at Studio Hamburg, May 1962

1. Just Friends (Klenner)
2. Hämmerchen-Polka (Gietz/Bradtke)
3. Steeplechase (Charlie Parker)
4. If I should lose you (Rainger/Robin)
5. Bag's Groove (Milt Jackson)
6. Star eyes (Raye/dePaul)
7. Blues for Swingers (R.Kühn)
8. Striptease-Susie (R.Kühn)
9. Little Girl Blue (Rodgers/Hart)

Rolf Kühn is a living legend among Germany´s top jazz musicians. Having played with Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Friedrich Gulda, Jimmy Garrison, Albert Mangelsdorff, Chick Corea, Randy & Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels and his younger brother Joachim Kühn, just to name a few, he masters a wide range of styles.
Rolf Kühn recently celebrated his 80th Birthday with a great concert with the NDR Big Band. His latest record with some of Germany´s finest young jazz musicians is called "close up", released on Jazzwerkstatt.