Avant-garde jazz pianist Joachim Kühn was born on March 15, 1944, in Leipzig,
Germany. Trained as a classical musician, he began performing jazz in 1961 and
left East Germany in 1966. During the decades that followed, he played an active
role in the jazz fusion scene, collaborating with everyone from Michael Brecker
to Naná Vasconcelos. In 1997, he collaborated with Pulitzer Prize-winning
saxophonist Ornette Coleman on the critically-acclaimed Colors: Live from
Leipzig. An instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer, Kühn continued recording
at a rapid pace during the 21st century,...