Kresten Osgood

Kresten Osgood is one of these people who at the same time defy and totally own categories. An extraordinary drummer and improviser who with the fullest respect to tradition, challenges it at any given moment of his creative endeavors. He has about a 100 albums to his credit, toured practically everywhere, has been performing and/or recording with legends like <a href="spotify:artist:6DR6ugRdVaVi7lyqooqJov" data-name="Roscoe Mitchell">Roscoe Mitchell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4HCwj3Nt6DTTmJCpHuQOeM" data-name="Paul Bley">Paul Bley</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1TsG4AumsMt1Tcq2nHpov9" data-name="Lee &#34;Scratch&#34; Perry">Lee &#34;Scratch&#34; Perry</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5r65V3tfKsDc3nHfpIl7D0" data-name="William Parker">William Parker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2gCrpVDTPK6adCD1H4DAOO" data-name="Masabumi Kikuchi">Masabumi Kikuchi</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0NiVnzdZVyaHThgTofobW2" data-name="Derek Bailey">Derek Bailey</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1eE9oB7Z69NzfALiUJYKUm" data-name="Wadada Leo Smith">Wadada Leo Smith</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7g3iwvP459BN53F7CDxemI" data-name="Jason Moran">Jason Moran</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6QznQaTxERrBWdSEeyBxFx" data-name="Michael Blake">Michael Blake</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3y58dknRdBENZ8oVErWu9B" data-name="Oliver Lake">Oliver Lake</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:253GMpCNwx1TJtASNAeDoP" data-name="Kurt Rosenwinkel">Kurt Rosenwinkel</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3zPUfW3hRI4NIvhtr6UjH1" data-name="John Tchicai">John Tchicai</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3baP5PZgTo4ebHlFXoWtUk" data-name="Tim Berne">Tim Berne</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:13rHmjtJmlIJ2aDyJc7CLV" data-name="Justin Vernon">Justin Vernon</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5DlFW9TwvDgSJHJuufuiAO" data-name="Peter Brötzmann">Peter Brötzmann</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uaHfXYx9Fh4HjqMbrWn5S" data-name="Joshua Redman">Joshua Redman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3VWsCRWk23WloHRP9ilRsw" data-name="Eugene Chadbourne">Eugene Chadbourne</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0IecGJbdBeYSOVtSPRehh5" data-name="Billy Preston">Billy Preston</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5QmydinnOzILkkXmR1vw8e" data-name="Alan Silva">Alan Silva</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2vI9KFm0fwSfPrpEgOeIbq" data-name="Brad Mehldau">Brad Mehldau</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:76w5atatALEaxzKTmZbefS" data-name="Mats Gustafsson">Mats Gustafsson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2mv4xHxofvyWTp2ViBqgZb" data-name="Bennie Maupin">Bennie Maupin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2cCUtGK9sDU2EoElnk0GNB" data-name="The National">The National</a> <a href="spotify:artist:1ZpPJRe9erwiWi548SKVyn" data-name="Dr. Lonnie Smith">Dr. Lonnie Smith</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0DNuWm5ZBKuCIXLNmrzuk5" data-name="Sam Rivers">Sam Rivers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:30OxEKhUI8LpORvCp14lr3" data-name="Henry Grimes">Henry Grimes</a>, Dr. <a href="spotify:artist:33XkS6h90eeK7e6OJHw0mq" data-name="Yusef Lateef">Yusef Lateef</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0PqVeApk5KprkwsEXTETNq" data-name="Warren Smith">Warren Smith</a>, and many many others.

But even that doesn&#39;t really cover the full spectrum of what he has been up to in his career. A successful rapper, composer, pianist, vocalist, saxophonist and trumpeter, a true multi-instrumentalist, a powerful organizer being an extremely important driving force in lifting and pushing the music life in Copenhagen forward, entertainer with his own shows in TV and radio, receiver of numerous awards and honors, A very sharp kaleidoscope man, regardless of the context always realizing his fullest potential.

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