Carl-Henrik Norins kvartett i OJ mars 1943

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

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saxophonist. Norin was born in

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, and first began playing professionally in the early 1940s, including with

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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

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; among its sidemen were

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and

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. He played with, among others, Harry Arnold,

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, Peanuts Holland, and

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. He died in

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References

*"Carl-Henrik Norin". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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