Jorma Kaukonen
Musician
United StatesUnited States

23 December 1940

Jorma Kaukonen

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Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.

Born in Washington, D.C., the son of Beatrice Love (née Levine) and Jorma Ludwig Kaukonen, Jorma Kaukonen had Finnish paternal grandparents and Russian Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. Kaukonen was a founding member of the popular psychedelic San Francisco-based band Jefferson Airplane, which scored two Top 10 radio hits in 1967 with "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit."

Style over time

Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album

  1. 1974
  2. 1979
  3. 1980
  4. 1984
  5. 1995
  6. 1996
  7. 1998
  8. 2002
  9. 2007
  10. 2009
  11. 2015

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