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

Thelin led his own quintet in 1961.[1] 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.[1]

Discography edit

As leader edit

  • So Far-Eje Thelin Quintet (Columbia [EMI], 1963)
  • Eje Thelin Quintet at the German Jazz Festival (Dragon, 1964)
  • Eje Thelin Trio 1965 (Dragon, 2016) – with Bengt Hallberg
  • Eje Thelin with Barney Wilen (Dragon, 1966)
  • Rolf & Joachim Kühn: Monday Morning Rolf Kühn, Joachim Kühn (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 edit

  • Raggruppamento (Phono Suecia, 1980)

As sideman edit

With Don Cherry

With Clarinet Summit

  • You Better Fly Away (1980)

With Graham Collier

With Benny Golson

With Krzysztof Komeda

  • Ballet Etudes (Polonia, 1962)

With Kenny Wheeler

With Jimmy Witherspoon

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2472. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.