Carl-Henrik Norin

Carl-Henrik Norin (27 March 1920 – 23 May 1967) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist.

Front row from left: Bertil Frylmark, Norin himself and Ingemar Eriksson. Behind them Simon Brehm.

Norin was born in Västerås, and first began playing professionally in the early 1940s, including with Gösta Tönne and Thore Ehrling. As a member of Ehrling's ensemble, he composed the piece "Mississippi Mood". He led a sextet in Stockholm in the 1950s and early 1960s, which played jazz as well as accompanying popular singers such as Bibi Johns; among its sidemen were Jan Allan and Rolf Billberg. He played with, among others, Harry Arnold, Roy Eldridge, Lars Gullin, Peanuts Holland, and Bjarne Nerem. He died in Stockholm.

References

• "Carl-Henrik Norin". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.