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George Kahn was born on January 7, 1952 and grew up in New Rochelle, New York, studying classical music from the age of nine. He began composing while in high school and was always interested in improvisational music. As a Composition Major at Brandeis University, he studied the music of Charles Ives, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

In his last years at Brandeis, being particularly affected by John Coltrane’s Kulu Se Mama, which opened his mind towards what was possible in music. After graduating, he lived on Cape Cod for a couple of years, did some gigs in Boston, toured the East Coast with a disco band and eventually moved to California in 1976.

Kahn worked in an improvising New Age group for a few years, studied arranging with Spud Murphy, and performed in a variety of settings. In the latter half of the 1990s he made his move, forming the Playing Music label and Sudhana Music Publishing. Since then he has released six CDs.

George performs frequently in the Los Angeles area, including an annual Jazz For The Homeless fundraiser for the charity PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) and benefits for public school music programs and looks forward to touring again in the near future.

Consistently creative, pianist George Kahn has received critical acclaim for his 2008 “Cover Up!” and continues to perform, subsequently releasing “Jazz & Blues Revue”, an 8–piece band with three vocalists in 2014.

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