| Intro | Swedish jazz drummer |
| Was |
Musician Drummer Composer Jazz musician Record producer |
| From | Sweden |
| Type |
Business Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 January 1941, Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| Death |
May 2016 (aged 75 years) |
- Not to be confused with Fredrik Norén the Swedish jazz trumpeter, and leader of the “Stockholm Jazz Orchestra”
Fredrik Norén (21 April 1941 – 16 May 2016) was a Swedish jazz drummer and band leader known from numerous recordings.
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
- 2006: The Lars Gullin Award
- 2006: Lars Färnlöf Award
Discography
Solo albums
- 1980: Jazz in Sweden (Caprice Records)
- 1984: The Snake (Phontastic Records)
- 2001: Plays (Mirrors)
- 2003: Moon rush (Mirrors)
- 1987: Juan Carlos (Mirrors)
- 1990: To Mr J (Sonet Music)
- 1992: City Sounds (Mirrors), live at Fasching jazz clubb in Stockholm
- 1995: One Day in May (Mirrors), with vokalist Lina Nyberg
- 1997: The Pelican (Mirrors)
- 1999: T (Mirrors)
- 2010: Innside Up (Mirrors)
- 2006: Sweden Bahia Connection (Mirrors)
Collaborations
- 1964: The Camel (Columbia)
- 1964: Persepolis (Philips Records)
- 1966: Downstream (Philips Records)
- 1972: Svit Cachasa (SR Records), with Lars Färnlöf and Radiojazzgruppen
- 1968: Sivuca (Interdisc)
- 1972: Brew’s Stockholm Dew (Sonet Music)
- 1974: Jazz I Sverige ’74 (Caprice Records)
- 1976: Fine And Mellow (EMI Sweden)
- 1977: El-Ahrairah (Charisma), ‘Music Inspired by Watership Down’
- 1993: Sister Maj’s Blouse (Mirrors), plays the music of Börje Fredriksson
- 1998: Epilogue – Plays The Music of Börje Fredriksson (Mirrors)
- 2006: In Concert (Mirrors)
- 1996: The Zone (Mirrors)
- Live at Glenn Miller Café