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Welcome to my personal webpage where you can find out about me and my music. I’m mainly a tenor sax player but I also play clarinet, flute and some piano. I compose music too even though I find myself performing mostly jazz standards these days. Over the years I’ve worked in a lot of different contexts within the jazz genre but I’ve kept coming back to the American Songbook and my old cassettes with guys like Getz and Desmond. That’s where it all started for me once upon a time and I have slowly realized that it’s in this idiom playing the saxophone works best for me. There are thousands of old songs out there just waiting to be rediscovered, and jazz leaves so much space to the player to improvise, stretch your limits and personal interpretations within this form so I just don’t feel much need to look elsewhere right now. I also have to admit that a romantic side of me just can’t get enough of those old evergreens.In these hard times for live music, it’s great to play a type of music that works very well in more contexts than in a plain concert format. During my years on the scene here in Barcelona I’ve grown very fond of playing in hotel bars, restaurants and cocktail parties as well as clubs and festivals. Travelers hanging out in a hotel lobby are often very open to take in music if you take upon the task to win them over. Music is so much about being here and now, just like traveling, and when we are present in the moment our minds work so much better. That’s what good music is about for me. Music is as much for the thought as for the body, to dance to, and that’s how I select what to present to the audience. What works for my mind might work for someone else’s too, at least that is what I hope. Thank you very much for taking time to check out my music and of course, feel free to drop me a line if there is anything more you want to know. / Fredrik
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