Eje Thelin

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

As leader

• 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

• Raggruppamento (Phono Suecia, 1980)

As sideman

With Don Cherry

• Eternal Rhythm (MPS/BASF, 1972)^[1]

With Clarinet Summit

• You Better Fly Away (1980)

With Graham Collier

• Hoarded Dreams (Cuneiform, 1983 [2007])

With Benny Golson

• Stockholm Sojourn (Prestige, 1974)

With Krzysztof Komeda

• Ballet Etudes (Polonia, 1962)

With Kenny Wheeler

• Around 6 (ECM, 1979)

With Jimmy Witherspoon

• Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (Prestige, 1964)

References