Jeff Oster: The News

GOOD NEWS!

TRUE, my latest CD, and the song VIOLET - co written with Patrick Gorman - have been nominated for the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards.

http://www.justplainfolks.org/default.php?page=awards#

Violet has been nominated for Best New Age Song, and TRUE has been nominated for Best New Age Album.

The Just Plain Folks Music Awards — what started as an informal way to recognize the best member submissions has grown into the largest Music Awards program in the world! JPF screens more than 350,000 songs and over 25,000 albums in 70+ genres from 100 Countries to honor the very best works of their members. Their volunteer judges include industry professionals, peers and music fans. it's an honor to have made it to the finals...


The show is in Nashville TN on August 29...y'all come on down!!!! There will be lots of great performances, and even a few surprises....more on that later!

Thank you for listening to my music!



See you in Nashville on 8/29!

Jeff is included on the new double CD from Best Friends Animal Society and The Animal Media Foundation:-

Giving The Animals a Voice Through Music

Here's a profile on Jeff on their website:

http://celebrate.bestfriends.org/news/amf-oster.aspx

Heading to San Pancho Mexico, an hour north of Puerto Vallarta, on Feb 26th-Mar 1 to play at the San Pancho Music Festival.

Its a very relaxed and fun time - if you happen to be south of the border, stop by!

I also have a show coming up in June, here in the San Francisco Bay area, with Michael Manring and a few other great artists...more details to follow!

Dont forget to check out my music page for a free download of SERENGETI - from my CD TRUE.

Peace,

Jeff

We are proud to announce that The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have created a feature presentation on Jeff and his song SATURN CALLING.
Here's an excerpt from the article:

"...Imagine being able to listen to the music of the ringed planet Saturn. Now you can!

Musician Jeff Oster has turned the eerie sounds coming from the Cassini spacecraft into "Saturn Calling," a beautiful, ambient, new age jazz piece..."

"Saturn Calling" won the 2008 Independent Music Award for Best New Age Song and is the first song heard on Oster’s latest album, "True."

We invite you to explore the rest of the profile article here:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20080423.cfm

It is quite an honor to have been chosen by NASA and JPL to have SATURN CALLING featured as a part of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn.

The amazing work that these professionals do is nothing short of miraculous.

To be a part of this is out of this world!

Alameda's OWN Jeff Oster AMONG WINNERS OF THE
7TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

INDIE ARTISTS FROM NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA AND ASIA TO BE PROMOTED TO MORE THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE & APPEAR IN 2008 EDITION OF THE MUSICIAN'S ATLAS

Jeff Oster is among a diverse group of independent musicians named as winners of the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards.

All IMA winners were selected by a panel of celebrity and industry judges and will receive year-long marketing support to enhance the campaigns for their current projects and careers. The winners encompass both established and emerging talent including Koko Taylor (Best Blues Album), the legendary, GRAMMY® Award-winning Blues artist; Joan As Policewoman (Best Pop/Rock Album – Tie), who's debut album is among the critically-acclaimed success stories of 2007; and The Apples In Stereo (Best Pop/Rock Song), a mainstay on Indie & mainstream as well as the touring circuit.

IMA winners will appear in the updated, 10th anniversary edition of The Musician's Atlas 2008 – the independent musicians' and entrepreneurs' definitive guide to the music business, available on December 26, 2007. Developed and coordinated by Music Resource Group, publisher of The Musician's Atlas, the Independent Music Award program delivers a variety of premiums to Winners including:

· Year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances, that will place the Winners in front of millions of music fans and industry decision makers around the world.

· Music promotion to college & public radio stations by The Planetary Group, a leading radio promotions company with access to 700 stations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

·An arrangement with eMusic and Pure Volume that makes their IMA Winning tracks available for download to several million consumers.

·Winners in the album and song categories will have a song included on the IMA Winners CD compilation Now Her This which will be distributed to 5,000 music fans and industry movers and shakers at music conferences and festivals such as SXSW, The Warped Tour, Popkomm, Folk Alliance, London Calling and other events throughout the year.

The IMA Program awarded more than 50 honors in categories that recognize achievements in Music, Design, Music Video and College-run Record Label releases.

The IMA Winners were determined by a celebrity and industry judging panel that included: Snoop Dogg, Susan Tedeschi, Ray Davies, Suzanne Vega, Charlie Musselwhite, Frank Iero, Judy Collins and Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, among an assortment of other celebrity and industry judges.

Music industry pros that were not part of this year's judging panel and music fans can cast their vote at the IMA site. Winners of this "Vox Populi" poll will be announced in 2008.

For a complete list of winners and categories go to:

http://www.independentmusicawards.com/pages/jukebox2008.asp

http://www.IndependentMusicAwards.com

http://www.MySpace.com/theindependentmusicawards

It is with great pride that we annouce that Jeff Oster's TRUE is a top five Finalist in the 2008 Independent Music Awards.

The music is a Finalist in the following categories:

Best New Age Song (for Saturn Calling),
and
Best New Age Album (for TRUE)

YOU CAN VOTE!!! - This year, the music can be heard on a "Jukebox" created especially for the Finalists.On the Jukebox, you’ll see that there is a rating system for all Finalists in every category. This is for the Vox Populi poll that will determine the Winners of the popular vote. The Vox Populi poll results will be announced toward the end of January, 2008...so make certain you go to the Jukebox to vote!

Jeff was a winner of the 2006 IMA for Best New Age Song (for AT LAST, from his debut album RELEASED - co-written and performed with GRAMMY Award winner Will Ackerman)

We hope that lightning strikes thrice!!!

Make sure to stop by The IMA Site and vote!

We are very proud of this music, and of this accomplishment...

TRUE is the #1 Album on New Age Reporter.com for September 2007. NAR is the site that tracks worldwide airplay for ambient, new age and chilled jazz music on over 200 stations.

and there's more...

TRUE was also the #1 CD for September on Echoes.

Echoes is a daily two-hour music soundscape, distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast on over 150 radio stations from Maine to California. With host John Diliberto, a writer for Billboard, Pulse and other magazines, Echoes brings together a wide array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, the avant-garde to roc

TRUE IS THE HIGHEST SCORING CD IN THE HISTORY OF NAR, as determined by the aggregate ranking of the CD on playlists worldwide.

We thank all of the stations that are playing the music from TRUE, and ask that you support them if they are in your area!

September 1, 2007

Echoes, the daily two-hour music program hosted by John Diliberto
which airs nationally on 150 radio stations by Public Radio
International, has named Jeff Oster's "TRUE" its CD of the Month for
September, 2007. Oster's debut album, 2005's "Released," received the
same honor on its release, making the trumpet and flugelhorn player
one of the few musicians to place consecutive albums on the Echoes
list.

An artful blend of ambient grooves with Oster's warm, jazz-inflected
trumpet and flugelhorn playing, "TRUE" is the next step in a unique
trip that has turned a one-time limo driver, standup comic, bar-band
musician and financial planner into an unexpected force in the world
of instrumental music.

Produced by Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman, the album
features contributions from drummer Keith Carlock, bassists T-Bone
Wolk and Michael Manring, cellist Eugene Friesen, keyboardists Philip
Aaberg and Jan Pulsford, guitarist Patrick Gorman, and Ugandan
vocalist Samite.

"It might sound like hyperbole, but we may be witnessing the
emergence of the next instrumental superstar," wrote Bill Binkelman in
the New Age Reporter.

As the Echoes CD of the Month, "TRUE" will receive extensive airplay
on the show, and will be featured in a special two-hour program. In
addition to prominently featured on the syndicated program's website
and in its listener newsletter, the CD will also be sent to members of
"Echoes CD of the Month Club."

Echoes, which airs daily, features an eclectic mix of music ranging
from acoustic to electronic, from jazz to space music and from
avant-garde to rock.

Tune in to Echoes on September 3rd and 9th for the program featuring
"TRUE" - The Echoes September CD of the Month

You can find out which stations near you will be airing the programs
here:

http://echoes.org/stattime.html

Echoes Official Site:
http://www.echoes.org

Find Echoes on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/echoesspace

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Here's what Echoes had to say:

ECHOES SEPTEMBER CD OF THE MONTH

JEFF OSTER: TRUE

It's been exactly 2 years since Jeff Oster's debut CD, RELEASED. That
album was an Echoes CD of the Month and he repeats this month with his
sophomore CD, TRUE.

Oster builds on the ambient flugelhorn soundscapes and introspective
grooves with impeccable production from Windham Hill Records founder,
Will Ackerman. Ackerman plays on the disc along with Michael Manring,
Philip Aaberg, Eugene Friesen and Samite.

Jeff Oster rings True as Echoes September CD of the Month.

Program Air Dates: Monday 09/03 & Sunday 09/09

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If you'd like to hear the music, including a free download of
SERENGETI, one of the tracks from TRUE, just go to:

http://www.jeffoster.com/music.html

GO AHEAD AND ADD "TRUE" TO YOUR COLLECTION!

Own your copy here:

http://www.jeffoster.com/products.html

After two long years, many hours in the studio, and thanks to the
tremendous effort of many talented artists, it is with great pride
that I announce the release of TRUE.

This music is the expression of the talents and heart of every one of
the artists involved in creating it.

I'd like you to hear this music and to add TRUE to your collection
at:

http://www.jeffoster.com/products.html

The CD comes with a beautiful 16 page full color booklet, filled with
beautiful art.

I'm also offering a free download of SERENGETI, one of the tracks
from TRUE here:

http://www.jeffoster.com/music.html

True music will be heard on the radio throughout the world over the
next few months. I hope you get a chance to hear it.

It is an honor to be able to make and share my music with all of
you.

Thank you for adding my music to your life.

As you listen, imagine...

Jeff Oster
Alameda, CA.
August 28,2007

The music is DONE! Mastering has been completed with Bob Ludwig at
Gateway Mastering, and we are deep into the artwork now.


TRUE features music composed and performed by Jeff Oster,

Jan Pulsford (she's composed and performed with Cyndie Lauper, the Thompson Twins and Chico Freeman),

Will Ackerman (Grammy Award winning guitarist/producer and founder of Windham Hill Records),

Patrick Gorman and

Samite.

On the boards mixing (in 5.1 surround and stereo) was Bryan Carrigan
(Alanis, No Doubt), and legendary mixing engineer Bruce Swedien
(Michael Jackson's THRILLER and many other classics)

These tracks were recorded in Vermont at Imaginary Road Studios with
Grammy Award winners Will Ackerman producing, and Corin Nelsen at the
board.

Jeff's new CD features world class performances from Keith Carlock on
drums (Steely Dan, Sting), T. Bone Wolk (Hall and Oates, Carly Simon,
SNL Band) and Michael Manring on bass, Eugene Friesen (PaulWinter
Consort) on cello, Philip Aaberg (Peter Gabriel, Elvin Bishop) on
piano and synthesizer, Jan Pulsford (Cyndie Lauper, Thompson Twins, Chico Freeman) on synthesizer and drum programming, Samite from Uganda on vocals and mbira, Melissa
R. Kaplan (Splashdown, Universal Hall Pass) on vocals, Patrick Gorman
on guitar, Noah Wilding on vocals, Derrik Jordan on percussion, and
Will Ackerman on guitar.

Pre-ordering will begin very soon, and along with that will come a
FREE DOWNLOAD of one of the songs from Jeff's new CD "TRUE" to add
to your iPod.

Look for 'TRUE" sometime in Summer 2007!

Can't wait to share the new music with all of you!

Jeff has finished recording the basic tracks for his new CD, which will be released in the first half of 2007.

Produced once again by Grammy award winner Will Ackerman, some special guest artists have joined Jeff on this new music.

They include Keith Carlock on drums (Steely Dan, Sting), T. Bone Wolk on bass (Hall and Oates, Carly Simon), Philip Aaberg on piano (Peter Gabriel, Elvin Bishop), Eugene Freisen on cello (Paul Winter Consort), Michael Manring on bass, Samite on vocals and kalimba, Melissa Kaplan on vocals (Splashdown, Universal Hall Pass), Patrick Gorman on guitar, Derrik Jordan on percussion, and Will Ackerman on guitar.

10 new tracks are being mixed (both in stereo and 5.1) in Los Angeles by Bryan Carrigan and Jeff, and these should be completed in the early part of 2007.

We are VERY excited about the new music, and look forward to sharing it with you very soon!

Stay tuned!!!

From the It Can't Get Much Better Than This category:

The Broadcasters have spoken!

RELEASED, the debut album from trumpet-flugelhorn artist Jeff Oster, produced by Grammy Award winner Will Ackerman, has won TWO 2005 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards - and they are:

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********* Album of the Year *************

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* Best Contemporary Instrumental Album *

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Here's a complete list of the winners:

http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/award_finalists.asp

The NAR Lifestyle Music Awards are sponsored by New Age Reporter (http://www.newagereporter.com), the industry's premier source for New Age, World, Ambient, Electronic, Native American, and Celtic music.

Votes were cast by the worldwide Broadcasters (Show Hosts) that have reported to NewAgeReporter during the October 2004 thru November 2005 time period.

This is a far-reaching panel of Industry experts and lovers of the music NewAgeReporter represents, and it is an amazing honor to have been chosen by them as a winner in these two categories.

Jeff thanks each and every Broadcaster who voted for RELEASED in these awards, and who continue to share the music with their listeners.

Your support is MOST appreciated.

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To add NAR's 2005 Album of the Year to your collection, just go to:

http://www.jeffoster.com

For a limited time - we'll make sure you get an autographed copy of RELEASED as you go ahead and order from http://www.jeffoster.com/products.html by March 1st, 2006.
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Or, stop by your nearest Barnes and Noble or Borders, or other local music stores in your area.

And, don't forget iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Backroads Music (800.767.4748) and more...

KCCK's music producers have each chosen their 10 favorite releases from 2005. Click here to see their choices:
http://www.kcck.org/music.html#mJayne

Mark Jayne: Sundays 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. (Night Breeze)

1) Jeff Oster - Released(Retso Records)

Typically, flugelhorn and trumpet are not thought of as ambient instruments. Jeff Oster changes that perception with this cd. Produced by Will Ackerman of Windham Hill, it is smooth, yet precise, in it's sound. Subtly orchestrated with electronic dubs and loops, even vocal sounds, it soothes the listener with it's mellow, flowing rhythms. A great sound for those quiet moments of work or play.

2) Falling You - Touch (Fossil Dungeon Records)

3) Daniel Paul - Between Two Worlds (Soundings of the Planet)

4) Grey Area - And Then The Clouds (Waveform)

5) Various Artists - Sacred Ground (Silverwave - Native American)

6) Brian Kelly - Pools Of Light (Skylight Records)

7) Diane Arkenstone - The Best Of Diane Arkenstone (Paras Recordings)

8) Andre Feriante - Bohemian Boulevard (Lumar Recordings)

9) Mingo - The Once and Future World (Helmet Room Records)

10) Barry Franklin - Time & Again (Barrytunes)

Happy Holidays to all of you!

2005 has been an amazing year, and as we near the end of it, we wanted to share some of the latest success stories happening with RELEASED...

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WINNER - Best New Age Song -

2005 Independent Music Awards

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AT LAST, one of the tracks written and performed by Jeff and Will Ackerman, is the winner of the 2005 Independent Music Award for Best New Age Song

Sponsored by The Music Resource Group (http://www.musiciansatlas.com), and co-sponsored by Border's Books & Music, winners of this year's program are promoted to more than 7 million music fans and industry professionals via print, radio and online promotions.

- Their CDs will be available for sale at BordersStores.com.

- 10,000 copies of the IMA Winners CD will be distributed to music fans and industry movers and shakers at music conferences, festivals and other events throughout the year.

- The IMA CD compilation will be promoted to college radio stations throughout North America by leading radio promotion company, The Planetary Group.

Judges for this year's Awards included Norah Jones, Melissa Etheridge, Joe Perry, Bill Wyman, George Clinton and other industry professionals.

Jeff thanks all of the judges who listened and voted for AT LAST, and invites all of you to listen to the winners and finalists at a special online jukebox which can be found at:

http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/jukebox2006.asp

As you may know, Echoes just posted the results of their 2005 Listener Poll, and
RELEASED placed #6.

Thanks again to all of you who voted!

John Diliberto and his staff also choose their own Top 25 List every year, and we
are happy to announce that RELEASED also made that list!

Knowing how many fine CDs are released every year, epecially those chosen for
airplay on Echoes, it is quite an honor to be included in the 25 Essential Echoes
CDs for 2005.

Here's the link:

http://echoes.org/de.essential05.html

Make sure to check out these fine CDs at

http://www.echoes.org.

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25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2005

You've seen the 2005 Echoes Listener Poll. This one is different. These are the
albums that snapped the synapses of John Diliberto and the Echoes staff in 2005.

"The 25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2005" program will air Tuesday, December 20th and
Sunday, December 25th.

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# 1 CD of the Year: Laurel MacDonald Luscinia?s Lullaby Improbable Music

2. Jon Hassell Maarifa Street Nyen Records

3. Keola Beamer & R. Carlos Nakai Our Beloved Land Canyon

4. Leo Abraham Honeytrap Absolute Zero

5. Sumner McKane North Don't Hit Your Sister Records

6. Tristeza A Colores Better Looking Records

7. Peppino D'Agostino & Stef Burns Bayshore Road Favored Nations

8. Philip Glass Orion Orange Mountain Music

9. Matt Coldrick & Matt Hillier Elemental Journey: Absolute Ambient Volume 2
Green Nuns Music

10. Mark Isham Crash OST Superb Records

11. Bluetech Sines and Singularities Aleph Zero

12 Manual Azure Vista Darla

13. Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Journeys - Beyond the Horizon Sony Classics

14. Brian Eno Another Day on Earth Ryko

15. Ulrich Schnauss Far Away Trains Passing By Domino

16. Anoushka Shankar Rise Angel Records

17. Mediaeval Baebes Mirabilis Nettwerk America

18. Jeff Oster Released Retso Records

19. Afro Celt Sound System Volume 5 - Anatomic Real World Records

20. Mariam Matossian Far From Home Mariam Matossian

21. Sigur Ros Takk Geffen

22. Michael Hewett Ally Self Released

23. Harold Budd Avalon Sutra Samadhisound

24. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabete In the Heart of the Moon Nonesuch

25. Aine Minogue Celtic Lamentations Sounds True Music

Happiest of Holidays!

To all of you who took the time to vote for RELEASED on Echoes' Best of 2005
Listener Poll...

*********** THANK YOU!!! *************

The results have just been announced, and RELEASED came in at:

*************** # 6 ****************

Here's the list:

THE BEST OF ECHOES 2005: Listener Poll

1. Yo-Yo Ma - (Silk Road Journeys - Beyond the Horizon) Sony Classics

2. Afro Celt Sound System - (Volume 5 - Anatomic) Real World Records

3. Brian Eno - (Another Day on Earth) Ryko

4. Laliya - (Just Like River) Laliya - Self Released

5. Pat Metheny Group - (The Way Up) Nonesuch

6. Jeff Oster - (Released) Retso Records

7. Sigur Ros - (Takk) Geffen

8. Patrick O?Hearn - (Slow Time) Patrick O?Hearn.com

9. Steve Roach - (New Life Dreaming) Timeroom Editions

10. Jeff Pearce - (Lingering Light) Jeff Pearce

11. Anoushka Shankar - (Rise) Angel Records

12 Mark Isham - (Crash OST) Superb Records

13. Keola Beamer & R. Carlos Nakai - (Our Beloved Land) Canyon

14. Album Leaf - (Soul Beach EP) Better Looking Records

15. Autumn?s Child Featuring Mark Holland - (Visions and Dreams) Cedar & Sage

16. Adham Shaikh - (Fusion) Dakini Records

17. Ulrich Schnauss - (Far Away Trains Passing By) Domino

18. Ryan Farish - (From the Sky) Neurodisc

19. Hammock - (Stranded Under Endless Sky) Hammock Music, LLC

20. Moby - (Hotel) V2

21. Harold Budd - (Avalon Sutra) Sumadhisound

22. Dom F. Scab - (Crosswords) Margen Records

23. Christopher O?Riley - (Hold Me to This: Christopher O?Riley Plays Radiohead)
World Village

24. Kitaro - (Sacred Journey of the Ku Kai-Volume 2) Domo

25. Paul Avgerinos - (Phos Hilaron) Round Sky Music

See more here:

http://www.echoes.org/ListenerPoll2005.html

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The Best of Echoes 2005 Listener Poll program will air Wednesday, December 14th,
Sunday, December 18th, and Friday, December 30th.

Click here for a list of stations:

http://www.echoes.org/stattime.html

Echoes is the nightly music soundscape heard on over 130 public radio stations,
on-line at www.echoes.org. and on XM Satellite Radio, Channel 133 on Sunday 3 til 5
pm ET and Monday 3 til 5am ET.

Hi everyone,

We are TWICE as happy to let you know that RELEASED has reached #1 for the second straight month on NAR!

Click here to see the October 2005 chart:

http://www.newagereporter.com/charts/top100.asp?m=10&y=2005

Once again, Jeff would like to thank all of the radio stations around the world for sharing RELEASED with their listeners. Your support for this record is MOST appreciated!

And as always, a VERY special thanks to Ed Bonk with LAZZ Promotions for his invaluable assistance in helping RELEASED hit #1 once again. An artist can't do it alone, and to have a partner like Ed Bonk in your corner makes all the difference.

The New Age Reporter (NAR) is a major resource for new age, ambient, world radio and Internet airwaves charts.

The top 100 chart is compiled from radio playlists submitted each month by broadcasters around the world that report to the NAR network.

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Check out the music!

http://www.jeffoster.com

Jeff's Press Kit:

http://www.sonicbids.com/jeffoster

When it rains...hold out your hands and drink deeply!

Retso Records is proud to announce that TWO of the tracks from Jeff Oster's
critically acclaimed debut CD "RELEASED" have been chosen as Top 5 Finalists in
the Best New Age Song category for the 2006 Independent Music Awards.

Click here to see the Finalists:

http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/ima_finalists_song.asp

The two songs from "RELEASED" chosen by the judges for this year's Independent
Music Awards, which include Norah Jones, Melissa Etheridge, Joe Perry, Bill
Wyman and other esteemed artists and Industry professionals, are:

AT LAST (written and performed by Jeff Oster and Will Ackerman)

http://www.jeffoster.com/audio/JEFF_OSTER_AND-AT_LAST-clip-0-90.m3u

and

FOOL'S GOLD (written and performed by Jeff Oster and Philip Aaberg)

http://www.jeffoster.com/audio/JEFF_OSTER_AND-FOOLS_GOLD-3-clip-0-90.m3u

Co-sponsored by Border's Books & Music, winners of this year's program are
promoted to more than 7 million music fans and industry professionals via
print, radio and online promotions.

As many of you know, Jeff Oster's RELEASED is a contender for the 48th GRAMMY Awards set for February, 2006. If you are a voting member of the
Recording Academy, do give his nominations in the New Age category some
thought.

Hear the music:

http://www.jeffoster.com/music.html

We are pleased as punch to announce that RELEASED has hit #1 at NAR.

http://www.newagereporter.com/charts/top100.asp

Thanks to all of the radio stations around the world for sharing the music with their listeners. And VERY special thanks to Ed Bonk with LAZZ Promotions for his invaluable assistance in helping RELEASED hit #1.

The New Age Reporter (NAR) is a major resource for new age, ambient, world radio /Internet airwaves charts.

The top 100 chart is compiled from radio playlists submitted each month by broadcasters around the world that report to the NAR network.

Jeff Oster's RELEASED is officially entered in the first ballot for the 48th GRAMMY Awards.

The 48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® Awards Nominations will be announced Dec. 8th in New York City:http://www.grammy.com/press/press_releases/2005/0914a.aspx

RELEASED is on the first round ballot in the following categories:

RECORD OF THE YEAR:
Released - Jeff Oster and Will Ackerman

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Released - Jeff Oster

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM:
Released - Jeff Oster

BEST NEW ARTIST:
Jeff Oster

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE:
Behind the Veil - Jeff Oster

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION:
Final Approach - Jeff Oster, composer

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT:
Final Approach - Jeff Oster, arranger

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE:
Released - Jeff Oster
Matthew Sens - Art Director
Rocky Laber - Art Director

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (Non Classical)
Will Ackerman