Karl Zilas Görling (April 21, 1911, Hudiksvall – April 11, 1960, Stockholm) was a Swedish

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saxophonist. His brother was

Miff Görling Uno "Miff" Görling (March 21, 1909, Stockholm – February 24, 1988, Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz bandleader, trombonist, arranger, and composer. His brother was Zilas Görling. Görling, who took his nickname from trombonist Miff Mole, got his ...

. The Görling brothers both played in Frank Vernon's band in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Zilas Görling also played in the

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group ( sv) throughout the 1930s. From 1934 to 1938 Görling was in

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 ...

's band. He then joined Sune Lundwall's group for most of the duration of

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. His other associations included work with Dick de Pauw,

Charles Redland Carl Gustaf Mauritz Nilsson, known professionally as Charles Redland (July 7, 1911 in Södertälje – August 18, 1994 in Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. The son of a musician, Redland learned several instrum ...

Håkan von Eichwald Håkan Ingvar von Eichwald (April 2, 1908, Turku – May 1, 1964, Malmö) was a Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor. He led dance bands which featured some of Sweden's most prominent early jazz musicians, and later became a conductor of sympho ...

Helge Lindberg Helge Igor Lindberg (1887–1928) was a Finnish opera singer who was a popular concert singer in the 1920s throughout Europe. He was also a sculptor. Helge Lindberg first studied violin at the conservatory in Helsinki. In 1907, he studied voice i ...

, Benny Carter,

Thore Jederby Thore Jederby (October 15, 1913, Stockholm - January 10, 1984, Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz double-bassist, record producer, and radio broadcaster. Jederby received formal training in music at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and began playing j ...

, and

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References

*Erik Kjellberg, "Zilas Görling". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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. 1911 births 1960 deaths Swedish jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists 20th-century saxophonists People from Hudiksvall Municipality 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians Male jazz musicians {{saxophonist-stub