Joachim Kühn EUROPEANA, ACT records

Recorded in 1994 at NDR Studios Hannover and Hamburg, Germany

Line Up:

Radio Philharmonie Hannover NDR conducted by Michael Gibbs

Joachim Kühn - piano Jean-François Jenny Clark - bass Jon Christensen - drums Django Bates - horn Douglas Boyd - oboe Klaus Doldinger - soprano saxophone Richard Galliano - accordion Christof Lauer - soprano saxophone Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone Markus Stockhausen - trumpet

"Folk music is a definite music form, a living phenomenon, created by real people, inherited and brought to perfection through generations, and still full of life even today".

I remember reading this on a record by Bengt-Arne Wallin back in 1963.

The thought never left me and i do believe we should not only respect our rich folklore but put this music to the test of time and have our best contemporary artists help keep the tradition alive.

This is what we were trying to achieve with Europeana.

Producer's (S.Loch) note

links :

• review at all about jazz

• Michael Gibbs

• Michael Gibbs Discography