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Doug “Dougie Fresh” Ostgard
Birth nameDoug Ostgard
GenresJazz, Bebop, New-age
Occupation(s)music instructor, composer, multi-instrumentalist, Photographer
Instrument(s)Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Oboe, Recorder, Irish flute, Irish whistle, Valve Trombone
LabelsVanza Music
Musical artist

Doug Ostgard is an American professional musician specializing in woodwinds. He has backed up an impressive list of showbiz greats, from Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Johnny Mathis to Rosemary Clooney, Lena Horne and Ann-Margret.

Doug Ostgard is currently a woodwinds player located in Western Washington. He plays a dazzling array of instruments including saxophone, bassoon, oboe, flute, and clarinet. He has released an album entitled Silhouette in 2007 in collaboration with seven time Emmy winner and Grammy nominee Steven Ray Allen.

Doug has played in a variety of venues, such as 5th Avenue, the Paramount Theater, and a number of showrooms in Las Vegas including Caesars Palace. He was also a member of the Heart World Tour. He currently performs and teaches out of his home in Black Diamond, Washington while also teaching aspiring high school students during the school year at Bellevue Community College. He has also worked as a judge for various jazz competitions and festivals such as the Bellevue, Washington jazz festival.

Style

Doug Ostgard describes his style to reflect that of Phil Woods', but his tone to reflect more of a Cannonball Adderley style. Doug currently plays on a Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone.

Doug also plays an extremely wide variety of instruments that are featured in his album "Silhouette" including an Alexander Eppler wooden flute headjoint on a Moritz Maz Mönnig wooden flute.

Discography

Year Album Leader Label
2007 Silhouette Ostgard & Allen Vanza Music

References

  1. Seattle Archdiocese Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Natural Connections | Bullfrog Films
  3. Label: Vanza Music / All About Jazz - Powered by Klicktrack MDT
  4. Music & nightlife | Bellevue festival loaded with jazz stars of tomorrow | Seattle Times Newspaper Archived March 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Ostgard, Doug. Personal interview. 10 March 2008.
  6. Listed on the front page of "Silhouette"
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