Andy Ostwald

Instructor/Performer / Piano

Andy’s book/CD series, “Play Jazz, Blues, Rock Piano by Ear,” has received high praise in Keyboard Magazine, American Music Teacher Journal, and California Music Teacher, and is currently sold world-wide. He’s been teaching at OJW since 2002, and providing private piano instruction since 1985. Andy has performed/recorded with the Peck Almond Group, Jacqui Naylor, and the Cartoon Jazz Septet, and has toured extensively with Diane Witherspoon. He received his Bachelor’s degree in piano performance from San Jose State University, and later studied in New York with renowned jazz pianist, Harold Mabern.