Jazz Articles about Steve Kuhn

Steve Kuhn Trio: Live At Birdland

by Joel Roberts
July 14, 2007

Although Steve Kuhn has recorded as a leader in a variety of settings since the 1960s, has played in the bands of legends like Stan Getz, Kenny Dorham and even John Coltrane (he preceded McCoy Tyner in Coltrane's quartet), he's seldom mentioned in the pantheon of jazz piano giants. His Blue Note debut, Live at Birdland, should go a long way to correcting that oversight. The disc chronicles the reunion of a stellar trio Kuhn assembled in ...

Steve Kuhn Trio: Live at Birdland

by Ken Dryden
July 13, 2007

With so many major jazz labels shying away from signing veteran artists in favor of far less accomplished youngsters, it is refreshing to see Steve Kuhn finally leading his first Blue Note release. This live CD taped at New York City's Birdland, with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster, marks a reunion for this trio, following two separate recordings made (for Owl and Black Hawk) during an extended 1986 Village Vanguard gig and even reprising a pair of songs ...

Steve Kuhn Solo Piano at the Fazioli Salon, NYC

by Ralph A. Miriello
June 3, 2007

Steve Kuhn: Solo Piano Fazioli Salon New York City May 26, 2007

It was an almost balmy night in New York to start off this Memorial Day weekend as we strolled leisurely past Carnegie Hall and made our way to a small piano salon just down the street from the venerable concert hall. Tucked away at 211 West 58th Street, the Fazioli Salon, the brainchild of Jim and Genevieve Luce, is a treasure ...

Steve Kuhn Trio: Live At Birdland

by Geoff Mirelowitz
May 29, 2007

If Steve Kuhn's name does not immediately spring to mind when considering the most talented pianists on the jazz scene today, this album should change that. Live at Birdland, with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster confirms that jazz is first and foremost an art of live performance. This disc also demonstrates how the magic of such a performance can be captured and shared in a fine recording.

The set list, at first glance is unremarkable, including several standards. ...

Steve Kuhn

by Suzanne Lorge
March 29, 2007

On March 27-30, 1986, Steve Kuhn played the Village Vanguard with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster. This noteworthy gig produced two live recordings, The Vanguard Date (Owl, 1986) and Life's Magic (Blackhawk, 1986).

Twenty years later Kuhn reconvened the group for a four-night run in midtown, and the resultant live recording, Steve Kuhn Trio Live at Birdland (Blue Note, 2007), not only captures in bytes the overdue reunion but marks Kuhn's debut with Blue ...

Steve Kuhn Trio: Live at Birdland

by J Hunter
February 13, 2007

You have to crank the volume hard to hear Bill Evans' whisper-soft intro to Miles' “So What" on Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959). When you hear it, though, you know something special this way comes. Steve Kuhn comes from the same school of subtlety as Evans, and Kuhn's one-finger opening to his trio's Blue Note debut, Live at Birdland, achieves the same effect as Evans' hushed chords: a simple beginning to a tremendous set.

This disc would have ...

Steve Kuhn: Qui

by Ken Dryden
July 15, 2006

Steve Kuhn Quiéreme Mucho Sunnyside Records 2005 Steve Kuhn Trance ECM Records 2006

Pianist Steve Kuhn has never been the type of musician to stand still by sticking to one approach to his instrument, but has sought to explore many different possibilities during his recording sessions. Although recorded decades apart, these two small group affairs (though neither one ...