March 2024: Pre-Order "Seven Conversations"

Order the album here to get the first two singles now, the third single when it releases on April 5th, and the whole album on April 26th!

"THESE THREE ARTISTS (JEFF OSTER, VIN DOWNES, TOM EATON) HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT THEY DO FOR SUCH A LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE MUSIC. SEVEN CONVERSATIONS IS A THINKING PERSON’S MUSIC. YOU PUT THIS ON AND YOU LOSE TRACK OF TIME. YOU PONDER. BUT MOST OF ALL, YOU ESCAPE. THIS IS GREAT MUSIC DOING ITS JOB."

- Artisan Music Reviews

"THERE ARE FEW GROUPS IN THE AMBIENT ARENA WHO STAND THE TEST OF TIME... THIS TRIO IS ONE OF THEM... I GIVE JEFF, VIN AND TOM A MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED RATING, WITH A PERFECT ENERGY QUOTIENT SCORE OF 5.0. THAT MEANS THAT THEY GET A “PICK” FROM ME FOR “BEST AMBIENT RELEASE.” - Contemporary Fusion Reviews

This is the project that our performance at Echoes in 2017 inspired. Vin, Jeff, and I decided to see what would happen if we let ourselves wander together into the music. We gathered at my studio with no preconceptions about what we were going to play. I had some ambient loops prepared, and we picked a few to give us landscapes to play into... and then we just explored and responded to each other in the moment. I love how it turned out... and I particularly love that Vin played electric guitar and was completely at home with the slow drift that Oster and I have spent so much time in. Hope you love it!

Seven Conversations

Jeff Oster - Flugelhorn and Trumpet 

Vin Downes - Electric Guitar 

Tom Eaton - Keyboards, Loops, Programming and Bass 

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Eaton

A shimmering blend of Jeff Oster’s liquid Flugelhorn, Vin Downes’ dreamy electric guitar, and Tom Eaton’s watercolor touch on keyboards and bass. At times soft and emotional, at times driving and propulsive, the album explores deeply ambient territory across seven in-studio improvisations.

From the liner notes:

"my admiration for tom and vin as musical artists is exceeded only by my appreciation of their wry humor. sometimes laughter comes from the deepest places, just like this music."

- jeff oster

"an indescribable alchemy happens when good friends create music together in the moment. words are unnecessary. these musical conversations capture that magic so well."

- vin downes

"we chose a key and one of us began. nothing written, no safety net. the real trick to improvising in a group is not the playing, it's the listening, and these are two of the very best listeners out there."

- tom eaton

all songs written and performed by

jeff oster (ascap)

vin downes (bmi)

tom eaton (bmi)