Kresten Osgood

Kresten Osgood is a Danish drummer, born in 1976 in Lemvig, who works across jazz, free improvisation and organ combo music. He has recorded and played with American and European figures such as Paul Bley, Sam Rivers, Yusef Lateef, John Tchicai and Wadada Leo Smith, and he also plays Hammond organ. Kresten Osgood studied at Holstebro Music School and at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen (1997-2002), and is part of the ILK collective. Early on he played with Danish rock musicians, then with Peter Brötzmann, Tim Berne, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jerome Cooper and Ran Blake.