Tom Olstad (born 13 April 1953 in

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) 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

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, 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

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, Vidar Johansen/ Åsmund Snortheim, Erik Andresen, Atle Hammer,

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, Vidar Johansen Trio including with

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, 1990–,

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Quartet,

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, Merethe Mikkelsen,

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

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, Python,

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, Winds Hot & Cool and Radiostorbandet. He has also performed played with United States musicians such as

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, James Moody,

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. His first solo album was ''Changes for Mingus'' (2007) comprising original compositions inspired by the work of bassist

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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 sta ...

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

References

External links

Olstad:Changes For Mingus
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