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Zilas Görling
Zilas Görling
Swedish saxophonist (1911-1960)
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Putte Wickman
Putte Wickman
Swedish jazz musician
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Bengt Hallberg
Bengt Hallberg
Swedish musician
3
Thore Swanerud
Thore Swanerud
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Arne Domnérus
Arne Domnérus
Swedish musician
5
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Jack Noren
Jack Noren
American musician
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Carl-Henrik Norin
Carl-Henrik Norin
Swedish saxophonist (1920-1967)
8
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
9
Rolf Billberg
Rolf Billberg
Swedish musician
10
Harry Arnold
Harry Arnold
Swedish jazz saxophonist and bandleader
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Jussi Björling
Jussi Björling
Swedish tenor
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Sid Phillips
Sid Phillips
British musician
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Reinhold Svensson
Reinhold Svensson
Swedish composer
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Herb Pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy
American trumpeter
15
Chris Griffin
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
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Rune Gustafsson
Rune Gustafsson
Swedish musician
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Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson
American musician
18
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Lars Gullin
Lars Gullin
Swedish musician
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Nils-Bertil Dahlander
Nils-Bertil Dahlander
Swedish musician; jazz drummer
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Miff Görling
Miff Görling
Swedish musician
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Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Sam Lanin
Sam Lanin
American jazz bandleader, musician
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Spike Hughes
Spike Hughes
Composer, Author, Music Critic
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Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton
British band leader and impresario
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Andy Kirk
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
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Ian Haugland
Ian Haugland
Swedish musician
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Bengt-Arne Wallin
Bengt-Arne Wallin
Swedish trumpeter
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Jon Fält
Jon Fält
Swedish musician
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Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Steve Dobrogosz
Steve Dobrogosz
American composer, songwriter and pianist
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Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Bo Hansson
Bo Hansson
Swedish musician
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Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
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Lucky Millinder
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Esbjörn Svensson
Esbjörn Svensson
Swedish jazz pianist
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo
American musician
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Alex Hill
Alex Hill
American musician
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Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Dave Pell
Dave Pell
American musician
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Bernt Rosengren
Bernt Rosengren
Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer
Thore Jederby
Swedish musician and composer

Thore Jederby

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Swedish musician and composer

Thore Jederby (October 15, 1913, Stockholm - January 10, 1984, Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz double-bassist, record producer, and radio broadcaster.

Jederby received formal training in music at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and began playing jazz in the mid-1930s. He played with Arne Hülphers's band from 1934 to 1938, and then with Thore Ehrling's ensemble from 1938 through the end of World War II. He also led his own group, the Swing Swingers, for studio recordings in the mid-1930s, and led smaller ensembles for recording sessions in the 1940s.

Later in his life, Jederby became active in the capturing of the history of Swedish jazz. He was involved in reissues of early Swedish recordings, curated radio shows devoted to Swedish jazz, and participated in a national commission on the history of jazz in Sweden.