{"id":16751,"date":"2022-03-04T19:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16751"},"modified":"2022-03-04T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:38:36","slug":"san-francisco-jazz-ensemble-andy-ostwald-trio-releases-their-debut-solo-record-field-guide-through-digital-victrola-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/03\/04\/san-francisco-jazz-ensemble-andy-ostwald-trio-releases-their-debut-solo-record-field-guide-through-digital-victrola-records\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Jazz Ensemble ANDY OSTWALD TRIO Releases their Debut Solo Record FIELD GUIDE through Digital Victrola Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andy Ostwald<\/strong>\u00a0is a San Francisco Bay area-based performer, teacher, and author of the book\u00a0Play Jazz, Blues, Rock Piano by Ear<\/em>. He performs as a band leader, sideman, solo pianist, and as a member of\u00a0Jeff Sanford\u2019s Cartoon Jazz Orchestra<\/strong>. Now with his own\u00a0ANDY OSTWALD TRIO<\/strong>\u00a0he is proud to present their debut full-length release\u00a0FIELD GUIDE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on March 18, 2022. The album is a true Field Guide for that meadow we\u2019ve seen before but never traversed, featuring intimate and intensely focused improvised musical travels through overlooked gardens and orchards of sound. Grab a copy of the Field Guide and enjoy your trip!

Andy Ostwald has toured the US and abroad with singer\u00a0Diane Witherspoon<\/strong>\u00a0and has performed at many of the San Francisco Bay Area\u2019s notable venues, including the\u00a0SF Jazz Center<\/strong>,\u00a0Yoshi\u2019s Oakland & SF, Kuumbwa<\/strong>, and the\u00a0Great American Music Hall<\/strong>. In 2011, Andy Ostwald began performing with fellow Bay Area musicians\u00a0Ravi Abcarian<\/strong>\u00a0(bass) and\u00a0Bryan Bowman<\/strong>\u00a0(drums), and the ANDY OSTWALD TRIO was born. They largely developed their group sound while performing at\u00a0Bocce Caf\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0in the North Beach district of San Francisco, an engagement that lasted for five years until 2016. It was during this run that the musicians honed their ability to interact freely and play off one another\u2019s musical ideas.\u00a0

As a fellow member of Jeff Sanford\u2019s Cartoon Jazz Orchestra, trumpeter\u00a0Eric Wayne<\/strong>\u00a0knew the trio and offered to help them record and release their debut album through his own\u00a0Digital Victrola<\/strong>\u00a0label. Andy was prepared with a fully formed album concept, including the title\u00a0FIELD GUIDE<\/em>, which allowed them to get straight to the business of finding the best material for the release. Recorded during the pandemic, resources were scarce, and it was difficult to find a studio with a worthy piano; they decided to record in Andy Ostwald\u2019s own home with his personal piano on an 8-track HD recorder. They were able to make the most of the home studio environment, with the craftsman-style wood house giving the recording a warm and full sound.

\u201cSince starting Digital Victrola I\u2019ve always had a desire to record a trio album,\u201d says Eric Wayne. \u201cEven though I\u2019m a trumpet player I\u2019ve always felt that the trio format is the distilled essence of jazz and improvisatory music. Every player has to be fully committed, has to listen with their entire body and mind. It was an honor to work with such musicians under the difficulties of a pandemic and limited resources and space, but I\u2019m very happy to have \u2018my trio album\u2019 and I hope you will enjoy listening as much as I have.\u201d

Andy Ostwald\u2019s father played a key role in his early musical development. \u201cMy dad made a point of introducing me to his favorite early jazz and classical recordings,\u201d says Andy. \u201cHe would also pick up his violin and improvise melodies over the scales that I was practicing on the piano; Dad could breathe life into those scales.\u201d By age 12 Andy began improvising over rock songs, and a couple of years later he attended a clinic by jazz pianist\u00a0Dan Hearle<\/strong>, who introduced him to recordings by three towering figures of jazz piano: Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, and Oscar Peterson. \u201cThe music these musicians created both moved and mystified me,\u201d notes Ostwald, \u201cand in the end, contributed to steering me in the direction of jazz.\u201d

Ostwald received a BA in music from\u00a0San Jose State University<\/strong>. While there he focused on performing contemporary jazz, classical compositions, and the Gamelan music of Java, and a few years later he spent a year in New York studying with renowned jazz pianist\u00a0Harold Mabern<\/strong>. Following his stay in New York, Andy returned to his native San Francisco Bay Area to teach and play music. Soon thereafter he met singer Diane Witherspoon and became her piano accompanist. They performed locally on tour in the States, and then on several occasions in Tokyo. Currently Ostwald is a member of Jeff Sanford\u2019s Cartoon Jazz Orchestra and freelances as both a band leader and sideman.

Andy teaches piano at his home in Oakland. He\u2019s also an instructor at\u00a0Oaktown Jazz Workshops<\/em>, where Ravi Abcarian is also an instructor and the executive director. Ostwald\u2019s book\/audio series\u00a0Play Jazz, Blues, Rock Piano by Ear<\/em>\u00a0was published by Mel Bay Publications in 2004. It remains in print today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information please visit: https:\/\/andyostwald.bandcamp.com\/album\/field-guide<\/a> or www.andyostwald.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To order or stream FIELD GUIDE on digital services please visit: https:\/\/smarturl.it\/AndyOstwaldTrioFG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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