Saxophonist, flautist, composer and band leader When Fredrik Lundin first made his entrance as a tenor saxophonist on the Copenhagen jazz scene at the beginning of the 1980s, his powerful, mature and vibrant playing immediately attracted attention.  This vitality remains intact today with the musician who grew up in the town of Helsingør, where he studied flute for five years at music school. His saxophone lessons, on the other hand, consisted of just two hours with Ole Kongsted and two with Uffe Markussen. Fredrik Lundin, who made an early impression with his own groups, received the Danish jazz journalists' prize of honour, the JASA Prize, in 1986, and has since received a wide range of other prizes. Over the years he has played with numerous ensembles on the Scandinavian jazz scene, and has in recent years been heard with, amongst others, Jan Kaspersen, Bo Stief and Jonas Johansen, as well as in combination with his wife, the singer Trine-Lise Væring. Fredrik Lundin has moreover performed considerable work with electronics and composition, including for theatrical productions, and has explored the borderland between jazz and classical music in, for example, the project 'Den 3. vej' ("The Third Way"). Fredrik Lundin's own groups include the large Danish-Swedish-Norwegian band that he created in 2001 under the name of Fredrik Lundin Overdrive, and who perform solid and extrovert music with clear influences from Charles Mingus, amongst others. The band's CD 'Choose Your Boots' was declared Danish Jazz Recording of the Year in 2002, both at the Danish Music Awards and in a readers' poll conducted by the magazine Jazz Special. At the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in 2003, Fredrik Lundin presented a new and remarkable Nordic band called Basalt. By Kjeld Frandsen Published 2005 This article is provided in cooperation with DR - www.dr.dk/musik/

Fredrik Lundin was born 7 April 1963 in Copenhagen Selected recordings:  Belly Up - Fredrik Lundin Overdrive Plays Leadbelly (Stunt, 2004) Choose Your Boots (2001) Music For Dancers and Dreamers (1997) The Cycle (Salut, 1987) Twilight Land (Stunt, 1986) Read more at www.fredriklundin.com