Thomas Fryland

Thomas Fryland (born 1969) is a Danish jazz trumpeter Thomas Fryland was born in a small town in southern Jutland in 1969.

In 1990 he was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands, graduating two years later.

Among his teachers were Frans Elsen, Barry Harris, John Ruocco, and Ack van Rooyen.

These include an album with jazz arrangements of working class songs commissioned by the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions.

He has also participated on a large number of recordings as a sideman and has recorded and toured with Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Maria Schneider, Eric Alexander, Renee Rosnes, Sam Yahel, Dave Hazeltine, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bob Mintzer, Mike Stern, Tim Hagans, Randy Brecker, Duke Jordan, Jim McNeely, Toots Thielemans, and Ivan Lins.