Eilert Ove "Eje" Thelin (9 June 1938 – 18 May 1990)[1] was a Swedish jazz trombonist.

Biography

Thelin, who was self-taught as a musician, started playing with the dixieland group Pygmé Jazz Band, and later joined the sextet of Putte Wickman.[2] Influenced by Miles Davis among others, he then moved towards modern jazz.[3] Thelin led his own quintet from 1961 until 1965, touring in Europe on several occasions.[1]

Disillusioned with the Swedish jazz scene,[3] Thelin moved to Austria in 1968, where he taught at the Academy of Music in Graz,[1] while also performing free improvised music with a group led by himself and Joachim Kühn in several European countries.[2] After returning to Stockholm in 1972, he led his own Eje Thelin Group in Sweden for the rest of the 1970's,[1] moving towards jazz fusion and experimenting with electronics.[2] Thelin would later mainly devote himself to composing and performing as a soloist.[3]

During his career, Thelin performed and collaborated with Roy Brooks, Graham Collier, Palle Danielsson, Joe Harris, Joachim Kühn, Evan Parker, George Russell, John Surman and Kenny Wheeler.[2]

Discography

As leader

  • Acoustic Space (Odeon, 1970)
  • Candles Of Vision (Calig, 1972) – with Pierre Favre and Jouck Minor
  • Club Jazz 8 (SR Records, 1973)
  • Bits & Pieces (Phono Suecia, 1980)
  • Polyglot (Caprice, 1981)
  • E. T. Project Live At Nefertiti (Dragon, 1986)
  • 1966 (Dragon, 2003) – with Barney Wilen
  • Graz 1969 (Dragon, 2005) – with Palle Danielsson and John Preininger

With Eje Thelin Group

  • Eje Thelin Group (Caprice, 1975)
  • Live '76 (Caprice, 1977)
  • Hypothesis (MRC/Electrola, 1979)
  • Night Music 1974 (BE! Jazz, 2015)

With Eje Thelin Quintet

  • Jazz Jamboree 1962 Vol. 2 (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1962)
  • So Far (Columbia [EMI], 1963)
  • At The German Jazz Festival (Metronome, 1964)

With Eje Thelin Trio

With The New Joachim Kühn–Eje Thelin Group

  • In Paris (Metronome, 1970)

As composer

As sideman

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2472. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ a b c d "Eje Thelin". AustriaWiki (in German). Austria-Forum. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Westin, Lars. "Jazz in Sweden - an overview". Svenskt visarkiv. Archived from the original on 15 October 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eje_Thelin
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