Eje Thelin (Eilert Jon Thelin) (June 9, 1938 - May 18, 1990) was an innovative Swedishtrombonist, widely admired among fellow trombonists for his facile technique and rhythmic intensity. He was, perhaps, the first jazz trombonist to translate that technique into the so-called "sheets of sound" style that characterized much of the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and, in general, Free Jazz of the late 1960s and 1970s. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. ...
Thelin started his own quintet in 1961. From 1967 to 1968 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. In the 1980s he expanded into composition for larger groups, sometimes featuring himself as soloist. In spite of the attention given to the obvious technical side of his playing, Thelin was also known for his warm approach to traditional ballads, a somewhat retro-romanticism that comes through in his later playing. Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec), with a population of 305,000 (council census 2000) is the second-largest city in Austria and the capital of the province of Styria (Steiermark in German). ...
A partial discography:
So Far-Eje Thelin Quintet (1963) Columbia EMI Swenska AB
Eje Thelin Quintet at the German Jazz Festival (1964) Dragon of Sweden DRCD 374
Eje Thelin with Barney Wilen (1966) Dragon of Sweden DRCD 366
Eje Thelin Group (1974) Caprice CAP 1091
Eje Thelin Group-Live (1976) Caprice CAP 2007:1-2
Eje Thelin Group-Hypothesis (1978)
Eje Thelin-Bits and Piece (1980) Phono Suecia PSCD 9
Eje Thelin-Polyglot (1981) Caprice CAP 1291
Eje Thelin-E.T. Project (1986) Dragon of Sweden DRLP 128
EjeThelin (Eilert Jon Thelin) (June 9, 1938 - May 18, 1990) was an innovative Swedish trombonist, widely admired among fellow trombonists for his facile technique and rhythmic intensity.
He was, perhaps, the first jazztrombonist to translate that technique into the so-called "sheets of sound" style that characterized much of the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and, in general, Free Jazz of the late 1960s and 1970s.
EjeThelin with Barney Wilen (1966) Dragon of Sweden DRCD 366
Thelin is able to stretch more with the quartet, as is Wilen, and they deliver a series of analytical improvisations that remain surprisingly fresh so many years onward.
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