Bass Saxophone & Sopranosaxophone (born in Malmoe, Sweden, 1944 ).

Frans has devoted the major part of his life to music. He has degrees in classical music, has studied composition and he held a position as music producer at the Swedish National Radio for 25 years. His interest in jazz goes back to the late Fifties, when he started playing  in bands as a banjoist. He took up saxophone playing 1963 and over the years he has played the full saxophone family. For the last fifteen years he has concentrated on the mighty bass saxophone, which made him a much sought after musician with Swedish, Dutch, English and American groups that shared his devotion to “classic” jazz from the Twenties and Thirties.

He´s been touring all over the world (including a wonderful two weeks in Pakistan together with “Jazz-O-Matic-Four” from Holland). Frans is a regular member of “Hot Jazz Trio”, together with trumpet player Bent Persson and he is also a frequent guest with different English bands . Frans has joined “Scandinavian Rhythm Boys” as a regular member in January 2009.