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Steve Olson

Born: September 1, 1956

Originally from Iowa, Steve lives in Frederick, Maryland, and plays in the Washington, DC, New York and Baltimore areas. Steve has performed and/or recorded with Michael Formanek, Dave Ballou, Tony Martucci, Anthony Pirog, Susan Alcorn, Jeff Antoniuk, Todd Marcus, and many others. He currently performs solo, with his band The X Trio, and in other situations. For six years Steve was the drummer for BSQ (Bob Schwartz Quartet).

You can find all his recorded output here: https://steveolsonmusic.bandcamp.com/

The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise

By Steve Olson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Rothko; Crunchy Grumbles; Skittering; Behind the Red Door; Give My Regards to Eighth Street; Rest In Peace Ornette; Monastery.

Michael Jefry Stevens: Brass Tactics

by Budd Kopman
June 28, 2016

Anyone remotely interested “creative improvised music" (aka jazz) that intersects with the Classical aesthetic should take the time to listen closely to pianist Michael Jefry Stevens' latest release Brass Tactics. Stevens is a thinking man's player mostly known for his work in the Fonda/Stevens group (see Folk Five) and Conference Call, (with Gebhard Ullmann) ...

Steve Olson: The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise

by Alberto Bazzurro
January 12, 2016

Dopo un album di duetti con partner diversi (Conversations, 2014), Steve Olson approda a questa che è la sua opera seconda optando invece per un organico fisso per tutto il disco, un trio entro le cui maglie la sua musica pudica, rattenuta, si muove seguendo la prassi della composizione istantanea, alias improvvisazione totale. ...

Conversations

By Steve Olson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: I'll Find a Space (A); Around the World (B); Drop the Sticks! (C); Shhhhhh (D); Klangfarben (E); Creepy Strut (A); Are We Swingin? (D); Harmolodically Yours (F); Breath of Life (B); I Rest My Case (C); Opening Salvo (F); Smacks (A); Please Listen Carefully As Our Menu Has Changed (E); He Says Yes (D); They're So Nice (C).

The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise

By Steve Olson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Rothko; Crunchy Grumbles; Skittering; Behind the Red Door; Give My Regards to Eighth Street; Rest In Peace Ornette; Monastery.

Steve Olson: The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise

by Budd Kopman
October 12, 2015

From the opening bell, which sounds for all the world like that which signals the beginning of a Zen meditation session, The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise creates a wondrous, ethereal and all-encompassing time/space continuum all of its own. Drummer/percussionist Steve Olson, whose previous album, Conversations explored free improvisation between himself and various other instrumentalists, ...

Steve Olson: Conversations

by Alberto Bazzurro
February 10, 2015

Non più di primissimo pelo, il batterista Steve Olson firma il proprio esordio discografico in prima persona dedicandolo al duetto con partner differenti (in totale sei). Non essendo troppo spinto l'acceleratore sui contrasti dinamici, all'interno del singolo brano ma tutto sommato anche nel totale (prevale una sostanziale pacatezza), è praticamente fisiologico che sia l'aspetto timbrico a ...

Conversations

By Steve Olson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: I'll Find A Space; Around The World; Drop The Sticks!; Shhhhhh; Klangfarben; Creepy Strut; Are We Swingin? Harmolodically Yours; Breath Of Life; I Rest My Case; Opening Salvo; Smacks; Please Listen Carefully As Our Menu Has Changed; He Says Yes; They're So Nice.

Steve Olson: Conversations

by Budd Kopman
September 17, 2014

For his first recording as a leader, drummer/percussionist Steve Olson asked six of his friends to engage in completely unrehearsed and improvised duo “conversations." Olson states in the notes that in his opinion, “the best music has an element of dialogue in it, both between the musicians, and between the players and the listener ...