Results for "Eje Thelin"

Eje Thelin

Born: June 9, 1938

A Supreme Love

by Duncan Heining
July 10, 2023

Alan Skidmore is one of the finest saxophonists to come out of the United Kingdom, Europe or indeed anywhere. In fact, it was hearing Skidmore's tenor solo on “Have You Heard?" from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (Decca, 1966) that encouraged a young Michael Brecker to take up the instrument. Skidmore had also served his ...

Where Is Brooklyn? & Eternal Rhythm - Revisited

By Don Cherry

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2022
Track listing: Awaku Nu; Taste Maker; The Thing; The Is The Bomb; Unite; Eternal Rhythm

Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier

by Duncan Heining
August 28, 2018

The following is an excerpt is from “Chapter 9: The Eighties or Graham Collier -The Wilderness Years" of Mosaics: The Life and Works of Graham Collier by Duncan Heining (Equinox Publishing, 2018). All Rights Reserved. The late Graham Collier was a bandleader, a composer and a jazz educator. As far as this latter ...

Joe Fiedler: Like, Strange

by Geno Thackara
March 27, 2017

It's not always easy for musicians to know what to call their own stuff, especially the kind of players who prefer not to settle into one cozy niche. Joe Fiedler certainly makes it difficult, being a fan of things from classic swing to avant-garde--some of which use the trombone in easily familiar ways, some of which ...

Trio Con Tromba's Treasure Trove of Previously Unreleased Recordings

by Florence Wetzel
March 15, 2013

The term lagom is essential to the Swedish soul. There's no direct translation into English or any other language, but positive connotations of the word include “in balance" and “just the right amount," with the Swedish proverb Lagom är bäst translated as “Enough is as good as a feast." An aural equivalent of lagom can be ...

Conrad Herwig: There's Nothing Else

by Bob Kenselaar
February 25, 2013

Talking about some of his great influences in jazz, Conrad Herwig points out that it's important to look beyond their achievements on their instruments. “Sometimes during a musician's lifetime, people put so much emphasis on their virtuosity as a player that they don't really think about the vehicle of their expression—their compositions." Herwig was speaking of ...

Phil Grenadier / Bruno Raberg Duo: Plunge

by Florence Wetzel
August 14, 2012

Plunge is a captivating CD that features the formidable duo of bassist Bruno Råberg and trumpeter Phil Grenadier. Each musician brings to the table their unique background and decades of experience: Råberg hails from Sweden, and in his twenties he played with the cream of Swedish jazz musicians, including trombonist Eje Thelin, pianist Bobo Stenson and ...

Jan Johansson: In Hamburg with Georg Riedel

by Ian Patterson
December 30, 2011

Jan JohanssonIn Hamburg with Georg RiedelACT Music2011 The small number of posthumous releases in the 42 years since the death of Swedish jazz pianist/composer Jan Johansson at the age of 37 remains something of a mystery. Johansson--who pianist Esbjorn Svensson described as being “a very, very big influence“--has ...

Eje Thelin 1966 With Barney Wilen

By Eje Thelin

Label: Dragon Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Pam Kan; To a Moment of Truth; Doj-Doj; Forever; Doj-Doj; To a Moment of Truth; It Could Happen to You; Ack V