Peter Olstad Quintet | Dec 29

Jazz and Lead trumpet player Peter Olstad has toured and performed with the bands of Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Blood Sweat and Tears, Mel Torme, Brian Setzer and Tom Jones. In 1999, Pete was hired by Tom Jones and played lead trumpet for nine years.

Pete Olstad attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. While in college, Pete received the Downbeat Magazine’s “Best Jazz Soloist Award” (college division) three years in a row, and later went on to become one of five finalists in the Thelonious Monk Institute’s Louis Armstrong Jazz Trumpet Competition in Washington D.C. Settling back in the Los Angles area after college, Pete spent the next 15 years as a freelance trumpet player and later relocated to New York for another 10 years before settling back iin the west and splitting his time between Denver and Los Angeles.

The Quintet: Dave Hanson-piano, Ken Walker-bass, Alejandro Castaño-drums, Jeff Nathanson-saxes and Peter Olstad-Trumpet

Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club presents

An artist fee of $18 per guest (per set) applies to this show. Reservations highly recommended!