| Fredrik Norén | |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Stockholm |
| Death Place: | Stockholm |
| Origin: | Sweden |
| Instrument: | Drums |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Occupation: | Musician, composer |
| Associated Acts: | Fredrik Norén Band |
Fredrik Norén (21 April 1941 – 13 May 2016)[1] was a Swedish jazz drummer and band leader.[2]
In the 1960s, he was active in the jazz circle "Gyllene Cirkeln" and performed with Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon.In the 1970s, he worked with Lars Gullin.[3]
With his own F.N. Band (born 1978), he fostered young jazz musicians 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 recorded Late Date featuring the music of Lars Gullin. Finally, he released the Sweden Bahia Connection – Coneccão Suecia Bahia recorded in Brazil by Brazilian musicians (2004).[4]
Fredrik Norén Band
Other
With Staffan Abeleen Quintet
With Lennart Åberg
With Björn Alke's Quartet
With Bo Hansson
With Brew Moore and Lars Sjösten Trio
With "Sister Maj's Blouse", including with Joakim Milder, Bobo Stenson and Palle Danielsson
With Idrees Sulieman
Sivuca with Putte Wickmans Orkester