Tom Olstad

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| name = Tom Olstad

| image = Tom Olstad Nasjonal Jazzscene 2020 (212252).jpg

| caption = Tom Olstad performing in 2020

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|04|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gjøvik, Oppland

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| origin = Norway

| instrument = Drums

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician, composer

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| label = Ponca Jazz Records

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| website = {{URL|www.poncajazzrec.no/olstad}}

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Tom Olstad (born 13 April 1953 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has performed on many recordings.{{cite web |url=http://www.allkunne.no/default.aspx?menu=98&id=11333 |title=Tom Olstad |language=Norwegian |work=Biography |publisher=Allkunne.no |date=1 May 2006 |accessdate=2014-04-15}}

Career

Olstad has lived 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 performed played with United States musicians 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 the work of bassist Charles Mingus.{{cite web |url=http://www.side2.no/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/tft-fra-tom/1425420.html |title=Tøft fra Tom |language=Norwegian |work=Musical review |publisher=Nettavisen |date=6 November 2007 |accessdate=15 April 2014}}

Discography

= Solo albums =

2007: Changes For Mingus (Ponca Jazz){{cite web |url=http://poncajazzrecords.com/product/olstad-changes-for-mingus |title=Olstad:Changes For Mingus |work=Musical review |publisher=PoncaJazzRecords.com |accessdate=2014-04-15}}