Born in Brooklyn in 1938, Steve Kuhn was fascinated with jazz very early in… Read Full Bio ↴Born in Brooklyn in 1938, Steve Kuhn was fascinated with jazz very early in his life. He began classical piano lessons at age five and soon began to “improvise and syncopate the classical repertoire.”
In his early teens, Kuhn studied with legendary teacher Margaret Chaloff who schooled him in the “Russian Technique”, an invaluable tool for tone production and projection. Chaloff’s son, Serge Chaloff, baritone saxophonist for Woody Herman, hired the 13 year-old pianist to play in his group. Throughout his teens Kuhn continued to play in Boston jazz clubs with, amongst other visiting celebrities, Coleman Hawkins, Chet Baker and Vic Dickenson.
After graduation from Harvard College, Kuhn attended the Lenox School of Music where he recorded with Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry. The faculty included Bill Evans, George Russell, and Gunther Schuller. While at Lenox, Kuhn met trumpeter Kenny Dorham and began a two-year stint, interrupted when Kuhn was asked to join John Coltrane’s newly-formed quartet.
Kuhn next joined Stan Getz’s band, which included bassist Scott LaFaro. After a period with Art Farmer, he formed the first Steve Kuhn Trio, with drummer Pete LaRoca and bassist Steve Swallow. At the end of the 1960s he spent four years living in Europe, where his performance had a significant impact upon local players. Upon returning to the United States, Kuhn began his long-term affiliation with ECM, resulting in a string of important albums including “Trance”, “Ecstasy”, “Non-Fiction” and the collaborations with Sheila Jordan, “Playground” and “Last Year’s Waltz”.
In the mid-80’s, Kuhn co-founded the popular All Star Trio, with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster, and launched a new, and still evolving, edition of his trio with bassist David Finck – drummers for the latter have included Joey Baron (as on the ECM recording “Remembering Tomorrow”), Lewis Nash and Billy Drummond. He continues to tour widely, with a strong following in Europe and, especially, Japan where his albums frequently appear in the jazz charts.
In his early teens, Kuhn studied with legendary teacher Margaret Chaloff who schooled him in the “Russian Technique”, an invaluable tool for tone production and projection. Chaloff’s son, Serge Chaloff, baritone saxophonist for Woody Herman, hired the 13 year-old pianist to play in his group. Throughout his teens Kuhn continued to play in Boston jazz clubs with, amongst other visiting celebrities, Coleman Hawkins, Chet Baker and Vic Dickenson.
After graduation from Harvard College, Kuhn attended the Lenox School of Music where he recorded with Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry. The faculty included Bill Evans, George Russell, and Gunther Schuller. While at Lenox, Kuhn met trumpeter Kenny Dorham and began a two-year stint, interrupted when Kuhn was asked to join John Coltrane’s newly-formed quartet.
Kuhn next joined Stan Getz’s band, which included bassist Scott LaFaro. After a period with Art Farmer, he formed the first Steve Kuhn Trio, with drummer Pete LaRoca and bassist Steve Swallow. At the end of the 1960s he spent four years living in Europe, where his performance had a significant impact upon local players. Upon returning to the United States, Kuhn began his long-term affiliation with ECM, resulting in a string of important albums including “Trance”, “Ecstasy”, “Non-Fiction” and the collaborations with Sheila Jordan, “Playground” and “Last Year’s Waltz”.
In the mid-80’s, Kuhn co-founded the popular All Star Trio, with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster, and launched a new, and still evolving, edition of his trio with bassist David Finck – drummers for the latter have included Joey Baron (as on the ECM recording “Remembering Tomorrow”), Lewis Nash and Billy Drummond. He continues to tour widely, with a strong following in Europe and, especially, Japan where his albums frequently appear in the jazz charts.
A Change of Face
Steve Kuhn Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Steve Kuhn:
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Body and Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Danny Boy Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen…
Emily Emily, Emily, Emily Has the murmuring sound of may All silve…
How High the Moon Somewhere there's music How faint the tune Somewhere there…
I Remember You How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Love Walked In Love walked right in and drove the shadows away Love walked…
Prelude To A Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away …
The Meaning Of Love Bye and bye All my dreams will soon disappear I know not…
The Music That Makes Me Dance To me, to me love is no go Till fiddle and…
When I Fall In Love I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
When Lights Are Low Listen to the melody entrancing Blending in a soft and sweet…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Satanas
The moment i knew i was in love with this album:
"Send 20 dollars to me
so I can be free
to see..
How birds
eat their food in the trees
Am, how I love to be am..
Hold, just dont give a damn
Meat, monkeys eat with their feet
So when i am alone
left with only a bone
on top of the sky
Birds are wondering why.."
Kadee McFarlane
Parts of me just ache and cry
I know that feeling just because
This moment of my lifetime has become
The hardest thing I’ve had to face
As the walls all around my life
All around the years
Very special years
Fall apart
Time to run away
As far away
As worlds of empty colours
Show the sadness in my longing for so much
So many things I’ll never know
Not now
Time to run away as far
As worlds of empty colours
Show the sadness in my longing
For so much, so many thing i’ll never know
Not now
Time to go as fast
As all the years went by me
Waiting for tomorrows sun to tell me why
Ear Damage History
Mind blowing how it goes from liquid mellow to castle destroying thunder. What a discovery. I never knew. This album is a gem.
michael carpenter
RIP Gary McFarland. You were unbelievably talented. Thanks for posting, this album is insanely good. This absolutely floored me the first time I heard it.
bossaplaya
It is insanely good, it also floored me on first listen
Samuel Fox
heard this for the first time in full today and it absolutely floored me as well. Been listening and thinking and reading about it all day since I put it on
rev.b
I believe this was Gary's last recording before he died. A terrible loss, basically he was murdered by someone spiking his drink at a party. Humanity is an odd proposition, that such beauty can be wiped away by that sort of treachery. I'll never understand it, not sure I want to either.
Thanos Rokofyllos
Man this is a rarity! Gracias for uploading it, I wanted to listen this for so long time but couldn't find it anywhere online. Words can't convey how grateful I am!
locksh
So beautiful and underrated. Unlike anything I've heard before and I enjoy this tremendously.
AltoValSol
Wonderful album! Arrangements are spot on. And Kuhl on the keys and raspy melodic droning voice is perfect. Love it!
Dan Abbott
Holy cow, this is incredible. I mean really... too good! Thanks for posting it!
Suany Gonzalez
why is this not on spotify :(