Popmundial Radio 1 Globetrotting (Radio 2: Sounds Easy until 2023)

Showtime #8/2021; Paul"s Party! Paul Kuhn & The SFB Bigband. Interview / Presented in German - Prev. UNRELEASED

October 11, 2021 Joachim Bohne
Popmundial Radio 1 Globetrotting (Radio 2: Sounds Easy until 2023)
Showtime #8/2021; Paul"s Party! Paul Kuhn & The SFB Bigband. Interview / Presented in German - Prev. UNRELEASED
Show Notes

Here's to you Dear Paule!
There are not many artists, I met, of your profile in my life !

If I"d met thousands more as him in my life, I would  not give up hope to quality and good music ! (Yours Truly)

PAUL KUHN
(* 12. März 1928 in Wiesbaden; † 23. September 2013 in Bad Wildungen)


This show is based on the original tapes of what ended up as a 50min show at Radio Franken.
Recorded 1987 - as it stands (almost unedit) - in Nueremberg.

THIS IS THE FULL SHOW, first ever released and almost not re-edited.

ALL TRACKS BY PAUL KUHN
piano, arrangement, vocal or conducting the SFB Bigband, a private Bigband, one with the SWR Bigband or his own Combo. Mostly recorded LIVE for television, released on vinyl.


It was the day I was proud to present Paul Kuhn and his Trio with Greetjy Kauffeld (vocals) at the Maritim Hotel; we had some difficultiers to keep formal as we became close friends on his birthday party and wedding with Ute Mann ( from the Singers), which took place at Cologne Philhmonic Hall at about tht time.

You gonna hear rariities and hadr to find classics of Paul Kuhn & The SFB Bigband,

live recordings from the television shows of former SFB, released on vinyl only of
PAULs PARTY
TANZMUSIK
Live Performace at the Festival "Golden Orpheus"
and others

A Recording made at his wedding with Ute Mann at Cologne Philharmonic Hall (to be found as "Jazz Pops" 1/2), also released.

and others.

But always PAUL KUHN and the SFB Bigband
and tracks with his own / private Bigband, recorded at Cologne Philly
recorded on the day of his wedding with Ute Mann

Vocal solists:  Donna Hightower, Marianne Mendt (voc), Ute Mann Singers.

This production was ment to go online for the 2021 Olympics because Paul Kuhn was the first tv star to profit from the Olympic games in 1936 with the first tv broadcast ever.

Accompanied by great soloists as mentioned in the show:
In the band played famous soloists as Benny Bailey, Kurt Bong, Bobby Burgess, Eugen Cicero, Horst Jankowski,  Roman Dyląg, Rolf Ericson, Remy Filipovitch, Herb Geller, Slide Hampton, Joe Harris, Heinz von Hermann, Carmell Jones, Torolf Mølgaard, Walter Norris, André Paquinet, Milo Pavlović, Åke Persson, Al Porcino, Hans Rettenbacher, Rolf Römer, Ron Simmonds, Ronnie Stephenson und Leo Wright.  The Bigbandalso contributed to international productions with likes as Ray Brown, Ray Charles oder Quincy Jones.

Based on an interview recorded in 1987
STRICTLY COPYRIGHTED
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Presented in German by Yours Truly, Dietmar Joachim Bohne.
copyright to edits of vinyl transfers, which make most of the show

COPYRIGHT / Production: Paris, St.Peter Ording
re-compiled due to an error on Oct 12th