Tore Sandbakken

Tore T. Sandbakken is a Norwegian drummer, composer and music producer from Trondheim whose career spans contemporary jazz, free improvisation, studio recording and theatre. He studied jazz performance and improvisation at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.

He has worked with ensembles including Aphrodisiac and Speakeasy and in projects involving pianist Dag-Filip Roaldsnes. His 2023 album Imperfect Solitude presented music under his own name with Roaldsnes and saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg. Creative Sources documents his drumming on Dark Poetry (CS491), reflecting an approach to percussion that combines detailed listening, rhythmic flexibility and ensemble interaction.