Career
Fredrik Norén (born 1941 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz musician (drums) and band leader known from numerous recordings. 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
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. 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). 2006: The Lars Gullin Award.
