Tom Olstad (born 13 April 1953 in Gjøvik,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has performed on many recordings.

Career

Olstad has lived in Oslo since 1973, when he started his musical studies at Østlandets Musikkonservatorium and

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

, with a graduate thesis on the ''Jazz Life in Oslo at the 1980's'' (1992). In

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, he joined different jazz orchestras led by Harald Gundhus, Alf Kjellman/ Ola Calmeyer, Guttorm Guttormsen,

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/ Åsmund Snortheim, Erik Andresen,

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, Carl Magnus Neumann, Odd Riisnæs, Christian Reim,

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, Vidar Johansen Trio including with Kåre Garnes, 1990–,

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/ Totti Bergh Quartet, Brinck Johnsen, Merethe Mikkelsen, Sverre Kjelsberg,

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and Paul Weeden. Olstad has collaborated in bands like Støff,

Søyr Søyr (established 1976 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start of trumpeter Torgrim Sollid. Biography Søyr was initially inspired by folk music from Stor-Elvdal (among others Ole Mørk Sandvik) and released th ...

, Python,

Ab und Zu Ab und Zu (established 1987) is a Norwegian jazz band, originally named "Anne Marie Giørtz Quintet" (1982–1987), and presenting music written by Ole Henrik Giørtz. Biography The quintet comprised the siblings Anne-Marie Giørtz (vocals) a ...

, Winds Hot & Cool and Radiostorbandet. He has also performed played with United States musicians such as Art van Damme, Art Farmer/

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, James Moody, Eddie Harris. His first solo album was ''Changes for Mingus'' (2007) comprising original compositions inspired by the work of bassist Charles Mingus.

Discography

Solo albums

*2007: ''Changes For Mingus'' (Ponca Jazz)

Collaborations

Trio with

Ivar Antonsen Ivar Antonsen (born April 16, 1946, in Fauske, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer and had his debut at the Oslo jazz scene in 1967 together with Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Arild Andersen, and Espen Rud. Career Antonsen st ...

& Stig Hvalryg *2011: ''A Day at the Opera'' (Ponca Jazz)

References

External links

Olstad:Changes For Mingus
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