Rolf Kühn was a German clarenetist that I hadn’t listened to before I got interested in this album. I’ve been missing out. He was a wonderful musician and the cats backing him are a formidable bunch. Haven’t heard of any of them but they all play lovely and contribute something great to this session in their own individual way. I especially enjoy the playing of double bassist Klaus Koch. Rolfs younger brother Joachim plays the piano on this album.
The material is a wonderful mix of tunes that feels both moody, bluesy, dreamy and delicate at different points.
The label I haven’t heard of either. It’s called Amiga. Once an organ of the East German state-owned music publisher VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Amiga became a label of the Bertelsmann Music Group in 1994.
I will continue to explore Rolf Kühn’s catalogue. cause if the other stuff he did is this good then I’m in for a real treat. Highly recommended.
(this copy is signed by Kühn, which is quite cool)