Tom Olstad
Tom Olstad | |
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.jpg) Tom Olstad performing in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 13 April 1953 |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Labels | Ponca Jazz Records |
| Website | www |
Tom Olstad (born 13 April 1953 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has performed on many recordings.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Olstad has lived in Oslo since 1973, when he started his musical studies at Østlandets Musikkonservatorium and University of Oslo, with a graduate thesis on the Jazz Life in Oslo at the 1980's (1992). In Oslo, he joined different jazz orchestras led by Harald Gundhus, Alf Kjellman/Ola Calmeyer, Guttorm Guttormsen, Vidar Johansen/Åsmund Snortheim, Erik Andresen, Atle Hammer, Carl Magnus Neumann, Odd Riisnæs, Christian Reim, Karin Krog, Vidar Johansen Trio including with Kåre Garnes, 1990–, Laila Dalseth/Totti Bergh Quartet, Brinck Johnsen, Merethe Mikkelsen, Sverre Kjelsberg, Magni Wentzel, Kjell Karlsen and Paul Weeden.
Olstad has collaborated in bands like Støff, Søyr, Python, Ab und Zu, Winds Hot & Cool and Radiostorbandet. He has also performed played with United States musicians such as Art van Damme, Art Farmer/Kenny Drew, Benny Bailey, James Moody, Eddie Harris. His first solo album was Changes for Mingus (2007) comprising original compositions inspired by the work of bassist Charles Mingus.[2]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Solo albums
[edit | edit source]Collaborations
[edit | edit source]Trio with Ivar Antonsen & Stig Hvalryg
- 2011: A Day at the Opera (Ponca Jazz)
References
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External links
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Norwegian drummers
- 21st-century Norwegian drummers
- Norwegian jazz drummers
- Norwegian male drummers
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Ponca Jazz Records artists
- Taurus Records artists
- Musicians from Gjøvik Municipality
- Norwegian male jazz composers
- 20th-century Norwegian male musicians
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- Søyr members