Joachim Kuhn

• DIGIPACK EDITION

There are some jazz musicians who sound old when they are young. Joachim Kühn, the most eminent international pianist in the history of German jazz, has retained his childlike curiosity even at the age of 69, and that keeps him youthful. With his open-mindedness and his sense for the magic of music he is not only one of the greatest experimenters but also one of the most important integrative figures in jazz. Whether playing together with greats of classical jazz such as Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and Michael Brecker, with American and European members of the avant-garde such as Ornette Coleman, Michel Portal and his own brother Rolf Kühn, with world musicians like Rabih Abou-Khalil, young tearaways like Michael Wollny and Adam Baldych or even in a highly reputed Bach project with the St. Thomas Boys' Choir of Leipzig, whether performing...

PERSONNEL:

• JOACHIM KÜHN, piano
• MAJID BEKKAS, guembri, voc & kalimba (on 1), balafon (on 4)
• RAMON LOPEZ, drums & percussion

• SPECIAL GUESTS:
• Archie Shepp, tenor sax (on 1, 3 & 4)
• Kouassi Bessan Joseph, zinu congas (on 1, 2 & 4), voc (on 2)
• Gouria Danielle, percussion (on 1 & 4), vocals (on 2)
• Dally Jean Eric, calabas (on 1)
• Gilles Ahadji, jembe (on 1 & 4)
• Abdessadek Bounhar, karkabou (on 1, 2 & 4)

Recorded in Morocco, Dec. 26/28, 2011, Feb. 1 & April 15 2012; and in Paris, Feb. 16 & Nov. 13, 2012.

TRACKS:

• 01. Kulu Se Mama
• 02. Gbalele
• 03. L'éternel Voyage
• 04. Voodoo Sense
• 05. Crossing The Mirror
• 06. Firehorse