Fredrik Lundin
Fredrik Lundin (born April 7, 1963 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish jazz musician (saxophone and flute).
Live and act
Lundin made his debut as a professional jazz musician in 1981 with his own trio and in the same year became a member of the European Youth Jazz Orchestra . He became a member of the bands of Erling Kroner , Frans Bak , Bo Stief and Jan Kaspersen and worked as a sideman with Marilyn Mazur , Kenneth Knudsen , Jon Balke , Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Pierre Dørge , Steve Swallow , Aske Jacoby , Kasper Winding , Jacob Venndt and others.
In 1986 Lundin released his first album as a band leader. The following year he married the singer-songwriter Trine-Lise Væring , with whom he recorded the 1992 grammy- nominated album People, Places, Times and Faces . In 1994 he founded the Lundin / Danemo Kvartet with the Swedish percussionist Peter Danemo , with whom he recorded Music For Dancers And Dreamers in 1997 .
In 1997 he played a live program on Swedish radio ( 12 jazz visits ) with the English keyboardist Django Bates and the percussionist Lisbeth Diers . In 2000 he founded the eleven-piece band Fredrik Lundin Overdrive .
At the opening of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2003 Lundin formed the group Basalt (with Anders Jormin , Audun Kleive , Krister Jonsson and Lars Andreas Haug ), with which he performed his own compositions (the concert was broadcast on Danish radio).
In addition to arrangements and compositions for his own band, Lundin wrote music for dance theater performances (including Regndråben under Thomas Eisenhardt , Rå Flade under Lars Dahl Pedersen ), for children's plays by Jacques Matthiessen and for chamber orchestra. A commission for the Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet appeared on the album Six Danish Composers . He also teaches saxophone, composition and ensemble playing a. a. at the Rytmisk Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.
Prizes and awards
Lundin was awarded the Ben Webster Prize in 2007 . The debut album Choose Your Boots by his band Overdrive received the 2001 Danish Music Prize for best jazz recording and the reader and critic award from Jazz Specials magazine .
Discography
- Twilight Land with Ture Larsen , Poul Carstensen , Peter Reim , Erling Kroner, Uffe Markussen , 1986
- The Cycle with Ture Larsen, Lars Togeby , Uffe Markussen, Poul Carstensen, Peter Reim, 1987
- Peaces of with Joakim Milder , Paul Bley , Christian Spering , Ole Rømer , Trine-Lise Væring, Bent Clausen , 1990
- People, Places, Times & Faces with Trine-Lise Væring, Kenneth Knudsen , Palle Danielsson , Audun Kleive , Lars Vissing , Ture Larsen , Frederik Gislinge , Henrik Sveidahl , Monica Bauchwitz , Mats Olofsson , 1992
- Desde el norte ... with Trine-Lise Væring, Christian Jørgensen , Henrik Sveidahl , Kaare Munkholm , Palle Windfeldt , Carl Quist Møller , Mattias Svensson , Jonas Johansen , 1997
- Music for Dancers and Dreamers with Jacob Karlzon , Mattias Svensson, Peter Danemo, Carl Quist Møller, Krister Jonsson , Trine-Lise Væring, 1997
- Choose Your Boots with Krister Jonsson, Jacob Karlzon, Mattias Svensson, Peter Danemo, Emil De Waal , Gunnar Halle , Mia Engsager , Kenneth Agerholm , Ola Nordqvist , Klaus Löhrer , 2001
- Fredrik Lundin Overdrive Plays The Music of Leadbelly, Belly-up with Per Jørgensen , Krister Jonsson, Henrik Gunde , Jens Kristian Uhrenholdt , Emil De Waal, Jonas Johansen , Maj Berit Guassora , Mia Engsager , Lis Wessberg , Ola Nordqvist, Klaus Löhrer, 2004
- Christina von Bülow / Fredrik Lundin silhouette with Jacob Fischer , Daniel Franck , Jeppe Gram , 2011
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lundin, Fredrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish jazz saxophonist and flutist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |