Joachim Kuhn – Joachim Kuhn & Young Lions (CD)
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Joachim Kühn came up in East Germany, where jazz itself was an act of defiance, and that spirit never left him. A pianist who has collaborated with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and his late brother Rolf Kühn over a career spanning six decades, he has always treated the bandstand as a place for genuine discovery rather than repertoire. Pairing that history with musicians young enough to be his grandchildren isn't a gimmick; it's exactly how jazz has always renewed itself.
Joachim Kühn has no interest in looking back. At over 80, he is more driven, productive, and fearless than ever-composing and improvising daily in a restless pursuit of freedom, growth, and renewal. On Joachim Kühn & Young Lions, this lifelong refusal to stagnate takes vibrant new form as Kühn surrounds himself with a new generation of outstanding musicians, writing fresh material specifically to challenge and inspire them. The result is music of striking intensity and openness, where experience meets youthful fire, structure dissolves into risk, and individuality fuels collective power. Young Lions is not a celebration of legacy, but a statement of the present: jazz as a living, forward-moving force, and Joachim Kühn as one of it's most uncompromising voices.
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UPC: 614427804426
Label: Act Music
Release Date: 6.26.26
Format: CD