Eje Thelin (born Eilert Ove Thelin) (June 9, 1938 – May 18, 1990)
was a Swedish trombonist.
Thelin led his own quintet in 1961.
From 1968 to 1972, he was on the faculty of the Music Academy in
Graz, Austria. For the rest of the 1970s, he led his own Eje Thelin Group in Sweden.
Discography
As leader
* ''So Far-Eje Thelin Quintet'' (Columbia
MI 1963)
* ''Eje Thelin Quintet at the German Jazz Festival'' (
Dragon, 1964)
* ''Eje Thelin Trio 1965'' (Dragon, 2016) – with
Bengt Hallberg
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* ''Eje Thelin with Barney Wilen'' (Dragon, 1966)
* ''Rolf & Joachim Kühn: Monday Morning''
Rolf Kühn,
Joachim Kühn
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Biography
He was born in Leipzig, Germany. Kühn was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition, with Arthur Schmid ...
(HörZu, 1969)
* ''Joachim Kühn/Eje Thelin Group- In Paris'' (Metronome, 1970)
* ''Eje Thelin/Pierre Favre/Jouck Minor-Candles Of Vision'' (Calig, 1972)
* ''Eje Thelin Group'' (Caprice, 1974)
* ''Eje Thelin Group-Live'' (Caprice, 1976)
* ''Eje Thelin Group-Hypothesis'' (MRC/Electrola, 1978)
* ''Eje Thelin-Bits and Pieces'' (Phono Suecia, 1980)
* ''Eje Thelin-Polyglot'' (Caprice, 1981)
* ''Eje Thelin-E.T. Project'' (Dragon, 1986)
As composer
* ''Raggruppamento'' (Phono Suecia, 1980)
As sideman
With
Don Cherry
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* ''
Eternal Rhythm'' (MPS/BASF, 1972)
With
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The 1979 concert was released on MPS Records as ''You Better Fly Away''. It features John Carter, Perry Robinson, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgens ...
* ''You Better Fly Away'' (1980)
With
Graham Collier
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Life and career
Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, on leaving school Collier joined the British Army as a musician, ...
* ''
Hoarded Dreams'' (Cuneiform, 1983
007
With
Benny Golson
* ''
Stockholm Sojourn'' (Prestige, 1974)
With
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* ''Ballet Etudes'' (Polonia, 1962)
With
Kenny Wheeler
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* ''
Around 6'' (ECM, 1979)
With
Jimmy Witherspoon
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Early life, family and education
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* ''
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues'' (Prestige, 1964)
References
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1938 births
1990 deaths
20th-century trombonists
Jazz trombonists
Swedish jazz musicians
Swedish trombonists