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Ove Lind was born Nils Ove Lind on June 29, 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden who learned to play the clarinet in his youth. He worked as a professional musician from 1946 playing with the Simon Brehm Orchestra in 1949 and followed with Thore Swanerud, Charlie Norman and the sextet Swinging Swedes from 1952-54.

In 1954 he created the Hallberg Almstedt-Lind Quartet with others Gunnar Almstedt and Bengt Hallberg that played swing in Benny Goodman’s spirit. During the 1950s, Lind is also an arranger and studio musician on the record label Metronome.

1963 he formed his own orchestra and became, along with vibraphone player Lars Erstrand a key figure in the revival of swing music that came to be called happy jazz.  As of 1968 it has been the music featured at the jazz pub Stampen in Stockholm’s Old Town. Lind would go on to record and perform in trio and quartet combo configurations.

Ove Lind, clarinetist, bandleader, composer and arranger, passed way on April 16, 1991 in Haninge, Sweden.

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