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  • Rolf Kühn Unit // XJAZZ Festival 2016

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    Rolf Kühn Unit // XJAZZ Festival 2016

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    May 05 2016 17:30 - 19:30
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    Rolf Kühn – A world-class jazz musician who also happens to be German has always been an exceptionally rare phenomenon.

    The clarinettist Rolf Kühn has always played in this champions’ league. Yet he is an exceptional artist in other respects, too. The sound he conjures from his instrument is stylistically diverse and absolutely unmistakeable – uniquely warm, round, and flawless. You could call his playing “mature”, for he has assimilated the entire history of jazz. As early as the 1950s in the USA, the home of jazz, he was accorded the recognition befitting his status as one of the first German jazz musicians. He both played at the side of Benny Goodman and sporadically led his orchestra, and inspired by Buddy DeFranco he developed his uniquely modern expressive form on the clarinet. Rolf Kühn has played with the crème de la crème of jazz rock, not only figures such as Chick Corea, Dave Liebman, Michael and Randy Brecker, but also musical free spirits like Lee Konitz, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Ornette Coleman. Yet despite this extensive experience he is still always open for new musical adventures. In this respect he is similar to his brother, the pianist Joachim Kühn. The siblings frequently play together in various line-ups, most recently with a reminiscence on the 1967 cult record “Impressions of New York” which they recorded with John Coltrane’s bass player Jimmy Garrison.

    For ROLF KÜHN UNIT the clarinettist teamed up with guitarist Ronny Graupe, bass player Johannes Fink, and drummer Christian Lillinger – excellent musicians on the local music scene in Berlin who are young enough to be his sons or even grandsons. Their improvisation is marked by a constant process of give and take. The younger players benefit from the musical experience of the old hand, who in turn is inspired by his team-mates’ fresh ideas; he admits that the band is one that crosses the generations. Not only has Kühn received an accolade from German music critics for his life’s work but he and his brother Joachim have won an ECHO Jazz prize. His music combines elegance with daring, and joyous dynamism with mature aplomb.

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    Gemeinsam begeben sie sich auf die Suche nach den magischen Gesetzen desJazz. Was sie finden, gleicht einem in dichter Interaktion geborgenen Erfahrungsschatz. Musikalische Weisheit verbindet sich mit frischen Ideen,Wagemut mit Reife. Rolf Kühn, der Grandseigneurs der Jazzklarinette, verbündet sich mit drei der talentiertesten Musiker nachfolgender Generationen. Wie nur wenige Ensembles demonstriert diese Spielvereinigung geradezu beispielhaft und mit einer faszinierenden Bühnenpräsenz das Band der Generationen im Jazz. Ein deutscher Jazzmusiker von Weltformat, das war und bleibt eine ganz rare Ausnahme. Der Klarinettist Rolf Kühn gehört zu dieser Königsklasse. Und auch in anderer Hinsicht zählt er zu den "Ausnahmekünstlern": Wie keinem anderen gelang es ihm, auf seinem Instrument einen Ton zu entwickeln, der in unterschiedlichen Stilbezirken völlig unverwechselbar bleibt - warm, rund und vollendet. Rolf Kühn hat die gesamte Geschichte des Jazz assimiliert. Als einer der ersten deutschen Jazzmusiker fand er schon in den fünfziger Jahren im Ursprungsland des Jazz, in den USA, gebührende Anerkennung. Er war an der Seite von mit Benny Goodman zu hören, leitete zeitweilig sogar dessen Orchestra, und entwickelte, inspiriert von Buddy DeFranco, einen gänzlich eigenen, modernen Ausdruck auf der Klarinette. Rolf Kühn hat mit der Crème de la Crème des Jazzrock, mit Chick Corea, Dave Liebman, Michael und Randy Brecker, mit musikalischen Freigeistern wie Lee Konitz, Albert Mangelsdorff und Ornette Coleman gespielt und lässt sich vor diesem weit gespannten Erfahrungshorizont auch heute noch beständig auf neue Spielabenteuer ein. Darin gleicht er seinem Bruder, dem Pianisten Joachim Kühn, mit dem er immer wieder in wechselnden Spielzusammenhängen zusammentrifft.

    Der Gitarrist Ronny Graupe, der Kontrabassist Johannes Fink und der Schlagzeuger Christian Lillinger zählen zu den heute profilprägenden Musikern der Berliner Jazzszene und sind für Rolf Kühn in einem seit 2007 langfristig angelegten Spiel- und Arbeitsprozess zu gleichberechtigten Partnern geworden. Die Rolf Kühn Unit entfaltet spontane Kreativität, verbindet musikalische Freiheit mit Sinn für Form und reife Musikalität mit vitaler Spielfreude.Dabei profitieren die Jüngeren vom musikalischen Erfahrungsschatz des Altmeisters, der sich seinerseits von der ungebremsten Energie seiner Bandmitglieder beflügeln lässt.

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    Lido Berlin, Cuvrystrasse 7, 10997 Berlin

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