Olle Lind
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Olle Lind is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 trombonist.

His classical music education mixed with strong improvisational skills made the work Hugin and Munin on the album Blåsländor with Radiojazzgruppen
Radiojazzgruppen
Radiojazzgruppen , Swedish band led by Arne Domnérus and Lennart Åberg . Several prominent Swedish musicians have been members of the group, e.g...

 in 1970 one of the highlights of Swedish jazz history.

In the 70's and 80's Lind led such ensembles as Regionmusiken Gotland and Visby Big Band. More recently, he contributed valuable material to the documentation about Lars Gullin
Lars Gullin
Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin was a Swedish jazz baritone saxophone player, occasional pianist and composer closest in playing style to United States Cool school players, with a full tone, but also a lightness uncommon with baritone saxophonists and an influence from Swedish folk music, which helps...

 and Jan Johansson.
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