Thore Ehrling
Illustration — Thore Ehrling Thore Ehrling (29 December 1912 - 21 October 1994) was a Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, who led jazz and popular music ensembles. Thore Ehrling was born in Stockholm, Ehrling played with Frank Vernon's ensemble from 1930 to 1934, and concomitantly studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. From 1935 to 1938 he played under Håkan von Eichwald and did arrangement and composition work on the side.
Also recorded as Thore Olof Gottfrid Ehrling
Thore Ehrling
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- Born
- 1912 · Stockholm.
- Died
- 1994 · Lidingö.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- composer · music publisher · trumpeter
- Fields
- jazz
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Illustration — Thore Ehrling Thore Ehrling (29 December 1912 - 21 October 1994) was a Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, who led jazz and popular music ensembles. Thore Ehrling was born in Stockholm, Ehrling played with Frank Vernon's ensemble from 1930 to 1934, and concomitantly studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. From 1935 to 1938 he played under Håkan von Eichwald and did arrangement and composition work on the side.
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He founded his own ensemble in 1938, which grew to big band size in the nineteen years it was active. This group played popular music and jazz, recorded frequently, and played often on Swedish radio. The group featured many sidemen who went on to become prominent on the Swedish jazz scene, such as Uffe Baadh and Carl-Henrik Norin, and accompanied popular Swedish singers such as Inger Berggren and Lily Berglund. Ehrling died in Stockholm in 1994.
Thore Ehrling is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded with the occupation music publisher. Classed in the genre jazz. Recorded as composer, music publisher and trumpeter.
Thore Ehrlings orkester uppträder på Skansen 1955. Bild av okänd fotograf avfotograferad vid en utställning om Skansen
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1994
Thore Ehrling died on 21 October 1994.
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