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- Born
- 1892
- Works
- 17
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Born in Leipzig on March 15, 1944, Joachim Kühn gave his young-age debut as a concert pianist and studied classical piano and composition with Arthur Schmidt-Elsey. Influenced by his elder brother, clarinet-player Rolf Kühn, he simultaneously got interested in jazz and started leading traditional and mainstream combos very early. In 1961 he became a professional jazz musician. With a trio of his own, founded in 1964, he presented the first European-rooted free jazz in the GDR. <a href="https://w
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joachim
- Family name
- Kühn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Leipzig
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- BYG Records
- Official website
- www.actmusic.com/en/joachim-kuehn
- Image
- JoachimKühn.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1944-03-15
- Commons category
- Joachim Kühn
- influenced by
- Ornette Coleman
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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