Origin Sweden Occupation(s) Musician, composer Associated acts Fredrik Norén Band Genre Jazz | Genres Jazz Instruments Drums Died 16 May 2016 | |
Born 21 April 1941Stockholm ( 1941-04-21 ) Record labels Mirrors, Mirrors / Plugged, Naxos Sweden - Caprice Similar Magnus Broo, Joakim Milder, Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, Esbjörn Svensson |
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Fredrik Norén (21 April 1941 – 16 May 2016) was a Swedish jazz drummer and band leader known from numerous recordings.
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- Career
- Honors
- Solo albums
- Collaborations
- Songs
- References
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Career
In the 1960s he was active in the jazz circle "Gyllene Cirkeln" and played with the likes of Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon. In the 1970s he was involved in the bands of Lars Gullin.
With his own F.N. Band (born 1978) he has fostered a number of young jazz talent and released a series of albums, Jazz in Sweden (1980) as the first. Furthermore, he released The Snake (1984), Juan Carlos (1988) and To Mr J (1990). On his own label he continued with the albums City Sounds (1991), live from the Fasching jazz club in Stockholm, One Day in May (1995) with the jazz singer Lina Nyberg, The pelican (1997), T (1999), FNB Plays (2002), Moon Rush and Live at Glenn Miller Café. The band members has varied, most recently including Lars Ekman on bass, Peter Fredman on alto saxophone Calle Bagge/Jonas Östholm on piano and Nils Janson on trumpet.
With Joakim Milder, Bobo Stenson and Palle Danielsson, he released Sister Majs Blouse (1993) which gave Grammy – later published Epilogue with music of Börje Fredriksson (1998). In trio with Christian Spering and Joakim Milder released the album Association. In a quartet with Bernt Rosengren, Lars Sjösten and Palle Danielsson, he released Late Date playing the music of Lars Gullin. Finally he released the Sweden Bahia Connection – Coneccão Suecia Bahia recorded in Brazil by Brazilian musicians (2004).
Honors
Solo albums
Collaborations
Songs
Helena's Song1980
Kvarten1980
Gato nero1980