Joachim Kühn - Paris Is Wonderful (1971/2025)

This is one of the most representative works of the early years of Joachim Kühn, a brilliant pianist who swam between jazz and rock. The playing of his co-stars is outstanding, including the superb bass playing of Jean-François Jenny-Clark, with whom he would play with for a long time.

Paris is indeed wonderful – especially when it gives a player like Joachim Kuhn the chance to really stretch out and find his voice! We might well say that the album is one of Kuhn's most adventurous – as it's got him working in a really free setting that takes full advantage of the BYG/Actuel recording conditions. Kuhn plays both piano and alto sax on the album – in a group with Georges Locatelli on guitar, Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark on bass, and Aldo Romano and Jacques Thollot on drums. The set features the shorter and beautifully introspective piano piece "It's Only For You" – plus the longer, freer, more "out" tracks "Love is Here Is There Everywhere" and "Paris Is Wonderful".

Joachim Kühn - Piano, Alto Saxophone
J.-F. Jenny-Clark - Double Bass
Aldo Romano, Jacques Thollot - Drums

Tracklist
1. It's Only for You – 05:09
2. Love Is Here - Is There - Everywhere – 14:35
3. Paris Is Wonderful – 17:39