Carl Haakon Waadeland (born 8 November 1952) is a Norwegian

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and jazz drummer, known from several bands and releases such as with

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and

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. He was one of the driving forces behind the jazz program at NTNU which he also directed.

Career

Waadeland holds a master's degree in mathematics and PhD in music theory from the NTNU, where he concentrates on rhythm, swing, music performance (performologi), rhythm and movement, as a professor of Music. In his PhD thesis he developed

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models of rhythm abnormalities (2000). Waadeland has performed and released several albums with jazz bands such as Bodega Band, Siri's Svale Band, and

(1995–2002). He otherwise has contributed a number of releases by Mid-Norwegian artists

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& Casino Steel (1982),

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and

. He performed repeatedly at

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Festival,

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in Bergen, Festival of North Norway, Trondheim Jazz Festival, St. Olav Festival in Trondheim, and Trøndelag Theatre and Concert scenes.

Selected publications

*Waadeland, C. H. (2011). Rhythm performance from a spectral point of view. In A. R. Jensenius, A. Tveit, R. I. Godøy & D. Overholt (Eds.), ''Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression'' (pp. 248–251).

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. *Waadeland, C.H (2006). The influence of tempo on movement and timing in rhythm performance. In: ''Proceedings of 9th international conference on music perception and cognition''. Bologna University Press, 2006, , pp. 45–46. *Waadeland, C.H (2006). Strategies in empirical studies of swing groove. ''Studia Musicologica Norvegica'' (32) pp. 169–191. *Waadeland, C.H. (2003). Analysis of Jazz Drummers' Movements in Performance of Swing Grooves – A Preliminary Report. ''Proceedings of the Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference'', 6–9 August 2003 (SMAC 03), Volume II (573–576). KTH, Stockholm. .

Journal of New Music Research ''Journal of New Music Research'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on musicology (including music theory), philosophy, psychology, acoustics, computer science, engineering, and other disciplines. Articles deal with theory, ...

30(1), 23–37. *Waadeland, C.H. (2001). "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" – Simulating Expressive Timing by Modulated Movements.

30(1), pp. 23–37. *Waadeland, C.H. (1991). ''Trommeslåtter- en trommeslagers skattekiste'' (bok+kassett). Trondheim: TIMA Forlag. New release 2008: Norsk Musikforlag A/S: Bok+CD. *Danielsen, A, Waadeland, C.H, Sundt, H.G. (2008). Identifying Timing by Sound: Timbral Qualities of Micro-Rhythm. In: ''Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition''. ICMPC10,

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, 2008, . s. 74 *Petrini, Karin; Pollick, Frank E; Dahl, S; McAleer, P; McKay, L; Rocchesso, Davide; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Love, Scott; Avanzini, Federico; Puce, Aina (2011). Action expertise reduces brain activity for audiovisual matching actions: An fMRI study with expert drummers. ''

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'' Volum 56.(3) s. 1480–1492

Discography

As Carl Haakon

;Solo projects *2008: ''Din Råta Tjuv'' ( Heilo), nominated for the Norwegian Folk Music Awards 2008, in several classes

As Karl Håkon

;Within Søyr *1977: ''Søyr'' (MAI 7705) ;With

DumDum Boys DumDum Boys are a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. They are one of the most successful Norwegian rock acts of all time, and are considered one of the "four great" bands who popularized modern rock with Norwegian lyrics in the mid-to-late 198 ...

*1988: ''Blodig Alvor Na Na Na Na Na'' ( CBS)

As Carlos

;With

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*1988: ''

Tell No Tales ''Tell No Tales'' is the third studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black. This album diverted from the power metal style of ''Knights of the New ...

'' (Vertigo) ;With Gary Holton & Casino Steel *1983: ''III Edition'' (

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) *1984: ''No 4'' (

)

References

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