KUHN FU
John Dikeman tenor sax, Sofia Salvo baritone sax, Ziv Taubenfeld bass clarinet, Christian Kühn guitar/compositions, Esat Ekincioglu double bass, George Hadow drums.
Not only the band name is martial. In their ‘paranoid prog-punk-jazz performance’, the band KUHN FU of guitarist, composer and master of ceremonies, Christian Kühn, turns everything inside out. Zappa meets cabaret, surf sounds and metal riffs ride the Chattanooga Choo-Choo, while Shakespeare, Brecht and Monty Python are the godfathers.
On the recent KUHN FU album Jazz Is Expensive, Kühn tells the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of The Fisherman and His Wife in a new way. Whether in the variations on the always extremely beautiful melodies that Christian Kühn composes as a starting point, or in the free improvisations: KUHN FU remains perfectly coordinated. The six-piece group features illustrious names from the Amsterdam improv scene.