German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader

Rolf Kühn

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German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader
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Rolf Kühn (born 29 September 1929) is a German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He is the older brother of the pianist Joachim Kühn.

He lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959. John Hammond favourably compared him with Benny Goodman. In 2008, he founded band with Christian Lillinger, Ronny Graupe, and Johannes Fink.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Rolf Kühn among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.