Origin Norway Genres Jazz Name Carl Waadeland | Instruments Drums, percussion Albums Din rata tjuv | |
Website www.ntnu.no/ansatte/carl.haakon.waadeland Education Norwegian University of Science and Technology Similar People Siri Gellein, John Pal Inderberg, Jovan Pavlovic, Dadafon, Bjorn Alterhaug | ||
Occupation(s) Professor, musician | ||
Carl Haakon Waadeland (born 8 November 1952 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musicologist and jazz musician (drums), known from several bands and releases such as with Dadafon, Dum Dum Boys, Åge & Sambandet, Halvdan Sivertsen, Warne Marsh, Kenny Wheeler, Annbjørg Lien, Henning Sommerro, Bjørn Alterhaug, John Pål Inderberg, Knutsen & Ludvigsen, Mikis Theodorakis and Arja Saijonmaa. He was one of the driving forces behind the jazz program at NTNU which he also directed.
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Waadeland holds a master's degree in mathematics and PhD in music theory from the NTNU, where he currently is focusing on rhythm, swing, music performance (performologi), rhythm and movement, as a Professor of Music. In his PhD thesis he developed simulation s models of rhythm abnormalities (2000). Waadeland has performed and released several albums with jazz bands like Bodega Band, Siri's Svale Band and Dadafon (1995–2002).
He otherwise has contributed a number of releases by Mid-Norwegian artists Knutsen & Ludvigsen, Gary Holton & Casino Steel (1982), Hans Rotmo, Terje Tysland, Halvdan Sivertsen, Hilde Heltberg, Åge Aleksandersen, Øystein Dolmen, Dum Dum Boys and Henning Sommerro.
Been engaged repeatedly at Moldejazz Festival, Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Nattjazz in Bergen, the Festival of North Norway, Trondheim Jazz Festival and St. Olav Festival in Trondheim, he also has a wide range of engagements at Trøndelag Theatre and Concert scenes.