Tom Olsen Music
Jazz Pianist in Atlanta, GA
Why hire Tom Olsen Music?
Tom Olsen is a jazz pianist who performs solo and with The Tom Olsen Trio, The Tom Olsen Quartet and others. He began piano lessons at age 7 and started composing music while in middle school. He conducted 4 church choirs simultaneously while studying for a BA in Church Music Composition. While living in the Atlanta area he has enjoyed a wide variety of musical experiences. He was Musical Director/Piano Conductor for the Sondheim musical 'Assassins'; substitute pianist for St Mark's Methodist Church; back-up accompanist for the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus; keyboard player for R&B vocalist Castor Holliness and his band 4-True; and accompanist for dozens of jazz vocalists.
About
Tom plays jazz, blues, latin jazz, r&b, soul, funk, gospel, and some classical music. He is a church musician performing Sunday mornings as the pianist for One World Spiritual Center in East Cobb, and maintains a busy performance schedule with his jazz trio, sitting in with other bands, or as a featured soloist. He has performed in numerous venues around Atlanta including: The Rialto Theatre, The Fox Theatre, Earl Smith Strand Theatre, Churchill Grounds Whisper Room, The High Museum of Art, Cobb Galleria, The Vinings Club, The Georgian Club, Atlanta Country Club, Evergreen at Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain Riverboat, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta Zoo, Atlanta Hartsfield Airport, Ravinia, St Regis Atlanta, Colony Square, Ritz Carlton Buckhead, Doubletree Hotel, Four Seasons Atlanta, Sax Fifth Avenue, Comcast Studios, Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival, numerous restaurants including a 2 year stint every Friday at Houston's playing solo piano, frequently heard at Ray's in the City, Livingston, Colonnade Atlanta, Maggiano's Little Italy, Twain's and countless private events.
Tom lives in Marietta GA with his wife and 2 precocious toddlers.
Personnel
Tom Olsen: Keyboards
Steve Brown: Bass
Paul Fallat: Drums
What to Expect
Typical Gig Duration: 60 - 300 minutes
Tom Olsen is a skilled pianist that reflects or helps to create the mood you desire. His trio is classy - able to blend in the background, or take center stage, depending on the need of the event. Rarely if ever do people complain about the volume being too loud. Tom and his band are seasoned, professional musicians who deliver superior entertainment. While focused primarily on jazz standards, Tom's repertoire includes lots of popular music that moves beyond jazz and includes a wider audience.
Additional Notes:
Tom Olsen is insured for liability covering himself and any other performers at your event up to $1 million coverage. In addition to the musical equipment, Tom can provide a PA sound system, lighting, and intermission music for your event
Set/Song/Sequence List:
JAZZ STANDARDS
500 Miles High
A Child is Born
A Train
Affirmation
Afro Blue
After You've Gone
Agua De Beber
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't No Sunshine
All Blues
All of Me
All of You
All The Things You Are
Almost Like Being In Love
Alone Together
Angel Eyes
April in Paris
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Bag's Groove
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Besame Mucho
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Birk's Works
Black Orpheus
Blame It On My Youth
Blue Bossa
Blue Monk
Blue Room
Blue Skies
Blue Trane
Bluesette
Body and Soul
Brazil
Bud's Blues
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Cantaloupe Island
Caravan
Centerpiece
Chameleon
Cheek to Cheek
Cherokee
Chitlins Con Carne
Close Your Eyes
Cold Duck Time
Come Fly With Me
Comin' Home Baby
Corcovado
Cute
Dancin' on the Ceiling
Day By Day
Days of Wine and Roses
Deed I Do
Desafinado
Devil May Care
Do It Again
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Do You Know What it Means To Miss New Orleans?
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Doxy
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
East of the Sun
Embraceable You
Exactly Like You
Falling in Love Again
Feel Like Makin' Love
Feels So Good - C Mangionne
Fields Of Gold - Sting
Fly Me To The Moon
Footprints
Four
Freddie the Freeloader
Funkallero
Georgia on My Mind
Girl From Ipanema
God Bless the Child
Goin' Out of My Head
Good Morning Heartache
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Hackensack
Happy Together
Harlem Nocturne
Have You Met Ms. Jones
Here's That Rainy Day
How High the Moon
How Insensitive
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I Only Have Eyes For You
I Remember You
I Wish You Love
I'll Remember April
I'm Beginning to See The Light
I'm Confessin That I Love You
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
I'm In The Mood For Love
In a Mellow Tone
In a Sentimental Mood
In Walked Bud
Inch Worm
Isn't It Romantic
It All Depends on You
It Could Happen To You
It Don't Mean a Thing
It Had To Be You
It Might As Well Be Spring
It's Been A Long Long Time
It's De-Lovely
It's Only a Paper Moon
It's The Talk Of The Town
It's Too Late Baby
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
I've Got Rhythm
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face
Jeanine
Jive Samba
Josie
Just Friends
Just in Time
Just One Of Those Things
Just The Two Of Us
Kansas City
Killer Joe
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Lady Bird
Like Someone in Love
Little Boat
Little Sunflower
Look of Love
L-O-V-E
Love For Sale
Love Me Or Leave Me
Lover Man
Lullaby of Birdland
Lush Life
Mack the Knife
Man I Love
Masquerade
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Misty
Moanin'
Moon River
Moondance
Moonglow
Moonlight In Vermont
More Than You Know
Mr Magic
Mr PC
My Cherie Amour
My Favorite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Stood Still
My Little Suede Shoes
My One and Only Love
Nature Boy
Nearness of You
Night and Day
Night in Tunisia
Norwegian Wood
Odd Couple
On A Clear Day
On Green Dolphin St
On the Street Where You Live
On the Sunny Side of the Street
One Note Samba
Our Day Will Come
Our Love is Here To Stay
Out of Nowhere
Over the Rainbow
Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder
Peg
Pennies From Heaven
People Will Say We're In Love
Perdido
Put on a Happy Face
Quiet Nights Corcovado
Recordame
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Road Song
Round Midnight
Route 66
Samba De Orpheus
Sandu (Eb blues)
Satin Doll
Scotch and Soda
Secret Love
Senior Blues
September in the Rain
Since I Fell For You
Skylark
So Nice
So What
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
Somebody Loves Me
Someday My Prince Will Come
Someone To Watch Over Me
Song For My Father
Sonny Moon for Two
Spooky
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
St Thomas
Stardust
Stella By Starlight
Stolen Moments
Stompin' at the Savoy
Stormy Weather
Straight No Chaser
Sugar
Summertime
Sunny
S'Wonderful
Take Five
Tangerine
Teach Me Tonight
Tenderly
That Old Black Magic
That's All
The Birth Of The Blues
The Lady Is A Tramp
The More I See You
The Very Thought of You
The Way You Look Tonight
There is No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Another You
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Til There Was You
Time in a Bottle
Too Wonderful for Words
Triste
Unforgettable
Up Jumped Spring
Watch What Happens
Watermelon Man
Wave
Well You Needn't
What a Difference a Day Makes
What a Wonderful World
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
What is This Thing Called Love
What the World Needs Now Is Love
What's New?
When I Fall In Love
When Sunny Gets Blue
Where or When
Willow Weep for Me
Witchcraft
Work Song
Yesterday
You Are So Beautiful To Me
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Don't Know What Love Is
You Go To My Head
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
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