Joachim Kühn

German jazz pianist

Born: 15 March 1944
Leipzig
Country: Germany
Active: 1961–
Record labels: Atlantic Records, ACT Music, Impulse!, BYG Records
Discography: 69 albums

Biography

Joachim Kühn is a jazz musician who plays piano and saxophone. Joachim Kühn was born on 15 March 1944 in Leipzig. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Atlantic Records, ACT Music, Impulse! and BYG Records. The discography here lists 69 albums, from “Bloody Rockers” (1969) to “Joachim Kühn & Young Lions” (2026).

Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944) is a German jazz pianist.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Bloody Rockers 1969 · BYG Records Sound of Feelings 1969 · BYG Records Paris is Wonderful 1970 · BYG Records Piano Solo 1972 · BASF This Way Out 1973 · BASF Cinemascope 1974 · BASF Hip Elegy 1976 · MPS Springfever 1976 · Atlantic Charisma 1977 · Atlantic

Live! The Kiel Concert - The Stuttgart Concert 1979 · Live

Snow in the Desert 1980 · Atlantic Nightline New York 1981 · Sandra Music Productions United Nations 1981 · Atlantic

Solidarnosc - The Kiel-Concert - Acoustic Piano-Solo 1982

I’m Not Dreaming 1983 · CMP Records Distance 1984 · CMP Records Easy to Read 1985

Modern Nature 1986

Visions of Time 1986

Time Exposure 1987 · Entente Dark 1988 · Ambiance From Time to Time Free 1988 · CMP Records Situations 1988 · Atlantic Jazz Dynamics 1990 · CMP Records Let’s Be Generous 1991 · CMP Records Carambolage 1992 · CMP Records Abstracts 1994 · Label Bleu Plays Lili Marleen 1994 · Ninety‐One Europeana: Jazzphony No.1 1995 · ACT Die Dreigroschenoper 1996 · Verve Famous Melodies 1996 · Label Bleu The Threepenny Opera 1996 · Verve

Generations From (East) Germany 1997

Triple Entente 1998 · EmArcy The Diminished Augmented System 2000 · Universal Music Jazz France Universal Time 2002 · EmArcy

K. 2003

Phrasen 2005 · Signature Piano Works I: Allegro Vivace 2005 · ACT Poison 2005 · In+Out Records Poison 2005 · In+Out Records Sometime Ago 2005 · NewEdition Survivor 2005 · Another Side (Of Jazz) Kalimba 2007 · ACT Coloured 2008 · Music4License

Live at Kosmos, Berlin 2008 · Live

Out of the Desert 2009 · ACT Piano Works IX: Live at Schloss Elmau 2009 · ACT Wandlungen : Transformations 2009 · CMP Records Chalaba 2011 · ACT Free Ibiza 2011 · OutNote Records Usual Confusion 2013 · Label Bleu Voodoo Sense 2013 · ACT

Joachim Kühn Birthday Edition: Trio Kühn - Humair - Jenny‐Clark Live at Jazzfest Berlin 1987 & 1995 2014 · Live

Moscow 2014 · ACT Love Stories 2016 · In+Out Records

Sfumato 2016

Ausgeschaltet 2017 · Bold Music Recordings

Sfumato Live in Marciac 2018 · Live

Piano Works XIII: Melodic Ornette Coleman 2019 · ACT Speaking Sound 2020 · ACT Touch the Light 2021 · ACT

Duo 2024

The Way 2024 · ACT Échappée 2025 · Intakt Records Joachim Kühn & Young Lions 2026 · ACT A Jazz Experience · HL Music Solos Solos, Volume 2 · Atypeek Music

Also plays on

Albums where Joachim Kühn is credited as a sideman

1969	Monday Morning — Rolf Kühn & Joachim Kühn	piano
1970	Acoustic Space — Eje Thelin	piano, alto saxophone
1971	Going to the Rainbow — Rolf Kühn, Chick Corea, Joachim Kühn	keyboard
1973	Altissimo — Gary Bartz, Lee Konitz, Charlie Mariano, Jackie McLean	piano
1974	Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine & Friends — Toots Thielemans	piano, electric piano
1975	Duo in Paris — Martial Solal & Joachim Kühn	piano
1977	Magic — Billy Cobham	electric piano, piano, Minimoog, synthesizer
1977	Black Narcissus — Joe Henderson	piano
1977	Jan Akkerman — Jan Akkerman	keyboard
1978	Simplicity Of Expression - Depth Of Thought — Billy Cobham	Moog
1978	Splendid — Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine	piano
1978	In Search of a Dream — Alphonse Mouzon	piano, electric piano
1980	Live ! — Coryell / Catherine / Kühn	grand piano
1980	Cucu Ear — Rolf Kühn	keyboard
1983	Don't Split — Kühn	piano
1983	Balloons — Jasper van ’t Hof & Joachim Kühn	keyboard
1989	Just Friends — Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz	piano
1997	Colors: Live From Leipzig — Ornette + Joachim Kühn	piano
2005	Journey to the Centre of an Egg — Rabih Abou‐Khalil & Joachim Kühn	alto saxophone, piano, producer
2007	Radio Days — George Gruntz	piano
2008	Full Contact — Daniel Humair, Joachim Kühn, Tony Malaby	piano
2011	Wo!man — Archie Shepp & Joachim Kühn	piano
2022	3 Generations — Nils Landgren	piano