| QUOTE: | Steve Kuhn has had an interesting career. A talented jazz pianist, he has worked in many types of settings through the years. He began classical piano lessons when he was five, studied with Madame Chaloff, and accompanied her son, baritonist Serge Chaloff, on some gigs when the pianist was 14. He freelanced in Boston as a teenager, graduated from Harvard, and moved to New York where he worked with Kenny Dorham's group (1959-1960). Kuhn was the original pianist in John Coltrane's Quartet, playing for two months before McCoy Tyner succeeded him. He was with the bands of Stan Getz (1961-1963) and Art Farmer (1964-1966), lived in Europe (1967-1970), and then returned to the U.S. in 1971. Kuhn doubled on electric piano in the 1970s, recorded for ECM, and co-led a group with Sheila Jordan in the latter part of the decade. After a period playing commercial music, he formed an acoustic trio in the mid-'80s, which has been his main vehicle ever since. Steve Kuhn has recorded as a leader for Impulse (1966), Contact, MPS, BYG, Muse, ECM, Blackhawk, New World, Owl, Concord, and Postcards.
Veteran pianist Steve Kuhn and his trio (with bassist David Finck and drummer Al Foster) dig into six Spanish and Mexican melodies with Quiereme Mucho, turning them into straight-ahead jazz. Latin rhythms are largely absent from a set that includes "Andalucia" ( "The Breeze and I" ), an up-tempo "Besame Mucho" and "Time Was" ( "Duerme" ). The music in general is boppish and full of wit, with Kuhn often quoting other unexpected songs along the way. Finck and Foster have their brief spots but this is largely Steve Kuhn's show. The music may have been largely de-Latinized but the result is one of Kuhn's most swinging recordings.
* Steve Kuhn - piano
* David Finck - bass
* Al Foster - drums
Recorded at Clinton Studio "A" in New York on February 20 , 2000.
Produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan
Engineered by Troy Halderson
Mixed and Mastered by Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara
( Venus 24bit Hyper Magnum Sound )
Front Cover : ©2000 Jeanloup Sieff / G.I.P. Tokyo
Photo by Jack Frisch
Designed by Taz
(P) © 2000 Venus Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Venus Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. |
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