Jeff Ostroski (jazz trumpet) is a Downbeat Award winning trumpet player & arranger currently residing in Rochester, NY. He earned his BM at Lawrence University where he studied with John Daniel & Fred Sturm. While there, Jeff played lead trumpet in and wrote for the Jazz Ensemble, which in 2007 won a Downbeat Award for "Best Jazz Performance." In 2005, Jeff had the honor of playing in lead trumpet the IAJE All-Star Jazz Ensemble in Chicago, IL. Jeff is currently pursuing a MM at the Eastman School of Music where he studies with Clay Jenkins. He is a co-director of the Jazz Lab Band and a TA in Jazz Pedagogy. He also plays lead trumpet in the award winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Bill Dobbins.