Name Tom Olstad Occupation(s) Musician, composer | Instruments Drums Record label Ponca Jazz Records Labels Ponca Jazz Records Albums Changes For Mingus | |
Website www.poncajazzrec.no/olstad Similar People Laila Dalseth, Ole Jacob Hansen, Anders Aarum, Per Husby, Sigurd Kohn | ||
Save Your Love For Me - Kjeld Lauritsen trio på Folk Kulturkafe
Tom Olstad (born 13 April 1953 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from numerous album recordings.
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- Save Your Love For Me Kjeld Lauritsen trio p Folk Kulturkafe
- Satin doll
- Career
- Solo albums
- Collaborations
- References
Satin doll
Career
Olstad has been living 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 played with international greats 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 bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus.