Eje Thelin Quintet

The Eje Thelin Quintet was the modern jazz group led by Swedish trombonist Eje Thelin (1938-1990) from 1961 to 1965. Thelin, born in Jönköping, taught himself the instrument and came up through a dixieland band and Putte Wickman's sextet before moving toward modern jazz, partly under the influence of Miles Davis. The quintet toured Europe several times and left a small set of recordings from the early 1960s. The group appears on Jazz Jamboree 1962 Vol. 2, issued by Polskie Nagrania Muza, and recorded the album So Far for Columbia in 1963.