Jeff Oster

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jeff Oster


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = flagicon|US May 31, 1957
Danville, Illinois, US
Origin = Alameda California, US
Instrument = Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Genre = New Age Acoustic
Electronica Jazz Classical
Occupation = Musician Songwriter Financial Planner
Years_active = 1975 -Present
Label = Retso Records, Artist Garage
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URL = [http://www.jeffoster.com jeffoster.com]

Jeff Oster is an American wind instrument player who has recorded flugelhorn or trumpet with artists such as William Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records.

In 2004, Oster and Ackerman collaborated on, and Ackerman produced Oster's 4-track EP, "At Last", and followed this with his CD "Released" in 2005. "Released" won the "2005 Album of the Year" and "Best Contemporary Instrumental Album" awards at the [http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/2005award_finalists.asp NAR Lifestyle Music Awards] presented by NewAgeReporter.com, a music airplay tracking agency. The composition "At Last", co-written by Jeff Oster and Will Ackerman, and performed by Jeff Oster, Will Ackerman, Philip Aaberg and Happy Rhodes, also won the "Best New Age Song" award at the 2005 Independent Music Awards. Also appearing on "Released" are Jeff Pearce (American artist), Charlie Bisharat, Philip Aaberg, Gregory Douglass, Bryan Carrigan, Taylor Barefoot, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Jeremy Mendicino, and Happy Rhodes.

In 2007, Ackerman produced "True", which features music composed by Oster and Ackerman, Ugandan vocalist Samite, Jan Pulsford and Patrick Gorman, and guest performances from Michael Manring, Philip Aaberg, Eugene Friesen, Keith Carlock, Jan Pulsford, Patrick Gorman, Samite, Derrik Jordan, Bryan Carrigan and singers Melissa Kaplan from Splashdown, and Noah Wilding.

In December, 2007, one of the songs from "TRUE", the composition "Saturn Calling", written and arranged by Jeff Oster, won the "Best New Age Song" award at the 2008 Independent Music Awards. Listeners of the national radio program, Echoes, voted "TRUE" as its 10th place winner for The 2007 Listeners Poll, and the Echoes staff chose it as one of the 25 Essential Echoes CD's for 2007. "TRUE" won the 2007 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards for Album Of The Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in March, 2008.

Jeff Oster is currently working with Richard Bone to create electronic and horn creations consistent with the long line of experimental collaborations Bone is known for.

On April 23,2008, NASA and JPL added a [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassinif-20080421_Saturn_Calling.html profile of Jeff Oster] and his song "Saturn Calling" - the first track from his CD "TRUE", to the NASA and Cassini-Huygens websites. Saturn Calling includes a sound excerpt from the Cassini spacecraft's recording of the auroras of Saturn. Listen to "Saturn Calling" [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/audio/Saturn_Calling.mp3 here] .

Discography

*"At Last" (2004), Retso Records
*"Released" (2005), Retso Records
*"True" (2007), Retso Records

References

* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassinif-20080421_Saturn_Calling.html Profile at NASA]
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* [http://www.newagereporter.com/recording/viewreviews.asp?rvwbrdcmmt=497 Review of "True" at NewAgeReporter.com]
* [http://backroadsmusic.com/index.php?p=artist&rID=794 Profile at BackroadsMusic.com]
* [http://www.positivelyentertainment.com/features/julyaug2007/seattle.html Raplee, Patrice; PositivelyEntertainment.com; Volume 31--Number 7• July 31, 2007]
* [http://retsorecords.com/bio.html Profile at Retso Records]
* [http://www.williamackerman.com/pjcts_zade.html Profile at William Ackerman.com]
* [http://www.jamiebonk.com/conversations/jeff_oster.html/ Jamie Bonk Interview (July, 2004)]
* [http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/jukebox2008.asp IMA 2008 Awards]
* [http://www.echoes.org/PollResults2007.html Echoes 2007 Listener poll]
* [http://echoes.org/de.essential07.html Echoes Essential CD's for 2007]
* [http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/award_finalists.asp NAR 2007 Lifestyle Music Award Winners]

External links

* [http://www.jeffoster.com/ Official website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=7234824/ MySpace page]
* [http://www.raymondjames.com/jeffreyoster/ Jeff's Official Financial Planner website]