Douglas Olsen has been a free-lance trumpeter for over 25 years performing jazz and world music. He has played solo and/or lead trumpet with many national acts including Scary Pockets, Aretha Franklin, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, USAF Band of Liberty, the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra, Berklee College of Music Faculty Bigband, the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, the Brian Thomas/Alex Lee-Clark Bigband, the John Almark Jazz Orchestra, the Big Apple Circus, and Little Anthony and the Imperials. Doug has recorded extensively on pop/rock, swing, jazz, and latin CD’s, including “Prozac Nation” by Bellevue Cadillac (featured on the “The Sopranos” and “Shallow Hal”) and jazz vocalist Michelle Mailhot’s “A Happy Madness.”  His CD “Two Cents” was published in 2019 by BMI to critical acclaim.

Doug is currectly the Director of Jazz Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) where he directs the Stage Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and Brass Ensemble. He is also active as a clinician and guest artist, with college appearances at MIT, Berklee, Harvard, Umass Amherst and Dartmouth, WPI, URI, Brandeis, CCRI, Bridgewater State, and many area high schools. Doug performs regularly with the BTALC Bigband, John Almark Jazz Orchestra, and with two of his newest projects “Latin Bash” and the “Doug Olsen Quintet.“ Visit douglasolsen.net to learn more.