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Fredrik Nordstrom Quartet: Blue

by Mark Corroto
October 15, 2008

Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Nordström (b. 1974) has been a player garnering much attention over the last few years. As his discography reaches double digits, his sound has consolidated and concentrated into a recognizable tenor approach. Blue is his fifth disc for Moserobie Music and first recording with piano legend Bobo Stenson.

All the compositions heard here were written by Nordström, but he gives deference to his playing partners and to other jazz legends. The opening track ...

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Fredrik Nordstrom Quintet: Moment

by John Kelman
April 24, 2004

When asked about the difference between American and European jazz, most artists in the know will say that the lines have become so blurred as to make the distinction pointless. Performers on both side of the Atlantic now liberally blend the elements of swing and free music, so commonly associated with the American tradition, with the impressionism and classical influences tied to the European movement. Dave Douglas is a strong case in point, as is Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Nordstrom, whose ...

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Fredrik Nordstr: On Purpose

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2002

The title of Swedish tenor saxophonist Fredrik Norström's latest album suggests that the music was arranged On Purpose, so we won?t argue the point -- even though much of it sounds (to our ears, at least) more unpremeditated than purposeful. Well, perhaps that's a slight exaggeration. Nordström and his colleagues have talent, there's no doubt about that, and they obviously believe in what they are doing. The basic elements of Jazz -- melody, harmony, rhythm -- are firmly in place ...