Uno "Miff" Görling (March 21, 1909,

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– February 24, 1988, Stockholm) was a Swedish

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bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer. His brother was

Zilas Görling Karl Zilas Görling (April 21, 1911, Hudiksvall – April 11, 1960, Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. His brother was Miff Görling. The Görling brothers both played in Frank Vernon's band in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Zilas Görl ...

. Görling, who took his nickname from trombonist

Miff Mole Irving Milfred Mole, known professionally as Miff Mole (March 11, 1898 – April 29, 1961) was an American jazz trombonist and band leader. He is generally considered one of the greatest jazz trombonists and credited with creating "the first dist ...

, got his start late in the 1920s with Frank Vernon's orchestra, where he played until 1932. He then worked with

Arne Hülphers Arne Gunnar Valter Hülphers (April 4, 1904, Trollhättan – July 24, 1978, Norrköping Municipality) was a Swedish jazz pianist and bandleader. Hülphers played early in his career at the club Felix-Kronprinsen, from 1924 to 1927, and played in ...

Gösta Jonsson Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Gösta may refer to: People * Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete * Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier * Gösta Andersson (wrestl ...

Seymour Österwall Seymour Österwall (born Karl Seimer Östervall; 20 February 1908 in Stockholm, Sweden – 3 August 1981 in Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz musician (proficient on the tenor saxophone), bandleader and composer. Österwall played with the orchestra ...

, and Gösta Säfbom before organizing his own ensemble in 1938. He led bands into the 1950s, and also did arrangement and composition work for other jazz groups as well as for popular Swedish musicians.Erik Kjellberg, "Miff Görling". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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