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Jesper Thilo
Jesper Thilo is credited on 303 releases across 79 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
303
Pressings credited
79
Albums
7
Decades active
13
In collections
Biography
Jesper Thilo (28 November 1941 – 25 April 2026) was a Danish jazz musician, mainly known as a tenor saxophonist, alto saxophonist, and clarinetist. He is considered to be one of the top European straight-ahead jazz musicians of the post-1970 period. Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins were early influences, while he later developed a highly personal sound reminiscent of Zoot Sims. Thilo first recorded as a leader for Storyville Records in 1973 and in the 1980s on Storyville his sidemen at various times included Kenny Drew, Clark Terry, and Harry "Sweets" Edison. In the 1980s, he also played in the Ernie Wilkins's Almost Big Band. Thilo also appears on the Miles Davis album Aura recorded in 1985. In 1991, he worked with Hank Jones in a quintet.
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Credited work
303 releases · 79 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 464
- Other credits · 89
- Production · 14
- Engineering · 10
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Metronome Studio, Copenhagen · Rosenberg Studio · Wifos Studio · Easy Sound Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Cæsar
- Various
- Ben Webster
- Sebastian (5)
- The Danish Jazzballet Society'-Ensemble
- Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
- Jesper Thilo Quartet
- Jesper Thilo Quintet
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