Jazz Piano Masters at the Dayton Art Institute
Made possible with support from the Miriam Rosenthal Memorial Trust Fund

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8 PM
Dayton Art Institute Renaissance Auditorium
General Admission $20

As he gets set to celebrate his 70th birthday in 2008, Cityfolk proudly presents one of the true giants of jazz piano, Steve Kuhn. His half-century professional career began with jazz legends such as Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Art Farmer and John Coltrane (he was the original pianist in the saxophonist’s first quartet). His career as a leader, which began in the early 1960s, has produced an expansively beautiful body of work.

“Pianist Steve Kuhn’s virtuosity, humor and audacious imagination combine to make him one of a kind.” -W. Royal Stokes, The Washington Post

“The most amazing aspect of Kuhn’s playing is his touch control on the piano. His mastery of the soft, muted hues and the loud thunderous colors of the piano is unmatched in jazz. One would have to go to classical masters such as Horowitz to find a similar tone control.” -Ted Gioia, The Stanford Daily