Tom Olstad
Tom Olstad | |
---|---|
![]() Tom Olstad performing in 2020 | |
Background information | |
Born | Gjøvik, Oppland | 13 April 1953
Origin | Norway |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | 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]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]Solo albums
[edit]Collaborations
[edit]Trio with Ivar Antonsen & Stig Hvalryg
- 2011: A Day at the Opera (Ponca Jazz)
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Olstad". Biography (in Norwegian). Allkunne.no. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Tøft fra Tom". Musical review (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Olstad:Changes For Mingus". Musical review. PoncaJazzRecords.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
External links
[edit]- 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
- Norwegian male jazz composers
- 20th-century Norwegian male musicians
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- Søyr members