Jesper Thilo

Jesper Thilo

Jesper Thilo

Jesper Thilo (born November 28, 1941 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish jazz musician (saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist).

Thilo began playing the saxophone at the age of eleven; he studied classical clarinet at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He was the alto saxophonist with Danmarks Radios Big Band for 23 years and has worked in the Danish mainstream jazz scene since the 1960s . As a sideman he worked u. a. with recordings by Edmond Hall , JC Higginbotham , Roy Eldridge , Ben Webster , Coleman Hawkins , Benny Carter , Harry Sweets Edison , Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Vic Dickenson , Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry . Since the early 1970s, he released a number of albums under his own name on the record label Storyville and Music Mekka . He also worked with Klüvers Big Band . In 1977 he was the first musician to receive the prestigious Ben Webster Prize .

Discography

• Tribute to Frog with Richard Boone , Jesper Lundgaard , Svend-Erik Nørregaard , Clark Terry, 1980
• Copenhagen 1980 (live) with Billy Hart , Jesper Lundgaard, Svend-Erik Nørregaard, Clark Terry, Mads Vinding , 1980
• Jesper Thilo Quartet Swingin 'Friends
• Aura with Miles Davis , 1985
• Jesper Thilo Quintet featuring Harry Edison with Harry Sweets Edison , Ole Kock Hansen , Jesper Lundgaard, Svend-Erik Nørregaard, Hugo Rasmussen , 1986
• Shufflin
• Don't Count Him Out
• Jesper Thilo Quintet with Hank Jones with Hank Jones , Svend-Erik Nørregaard, Doug Raney , Hugo Rasmussen , (Storyville, 1991)
• Strike Up the Band with Bob Barnard , Romano Cavicchiolo , Henri Chaix , Stephan Kurmann , 1998
• Snap Your Fingers with Søren Kristiansen , Thomas Ovesen , 2002