Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2011)

Nascita: 21 settembre 1928
Cincinnati
Morte: 26 luglio 2011
Chesapeake
Paese: Stati Uniti
Etichette: Blue Note, Challenge
Discografia: 18 album

Biografia

Frank Foster è stato un musicista jazz (sassofono, flauto e sassofono tenore). Nato il 21 settembre 1928 a Cincinnati, morto il 26 luglio 2011 a Chesapeake. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz e swing. Etichette: Blue Note e Challenge. La discografia qui comprende 18 album, da «No Count» (1956) a «Well Water» (2007). Tra i riconoscimenti: Grammy Awards (1987) e NEA Jazz Masters.

Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

No Count 1956 · Savoy Records Basie Is Our Boss 1963 · Argo Fearless Frank Foster 1966 · Prestige Soul Outing! 1966 · Prestige Manhattan Fever 1968 · Blue Note The Loud Minority 1974 · Mainstream Records Giant Steps 1975 · Columbia Here and Now 1976 · Catalyst Records

Bursting Out! 1978 · DENON

A Blues Ain't Nothing but a Trip 1981 · Live · Bingow Records Frankly Speaking 1985 · Concord Jazz

The Frank Foster Non Electric Company 1987 · Live

A Tribute to Thad Jones 1995

A Fresh Taste of the Blues 1996 · Süddeutscher Rundfunk Leo Rising 1997 · Arabesque Jazz

Live at Feuerwache Mannheim 1997 · Live

A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones and Frank Foster 2006 · Hänssler Classic Well Water 2007 · Piadrum Records

Suona anche in

Album in cui Frank Foster compare come sideman

1954	Jazz Studio 1 — Paul Quinichette, Benny Green, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones, Sir Jonathan Gasser	tenor saxophone
1956	Monk — Thelonious Monk	tenor saxophone
1956	Byrd's Word — Donald Byrd	tenor saxophone
1956	Kenny Burrell — Kenny Burrell	tenor saxophone
1956	North, South, East... Wess — Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke	tenor saxophone
1957	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	tenor saxophone
1957	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	tenor saxophone
1957	Plenty, Plenty Soul — Milt Jackson	tenor saxophone
1957	All Day Long — Kenny Burrell	tenor saxophone
1957	Mad Thad — Thad Jones	tenor saxophone
1958	The Atomic Mr. Basie — Count Basie Orchestra + Neal Hefti Arrangements	tenor saxophone, reeds
1958	Basie Plays Hefti — Count Basie	tenor saxophone
1958	The Swingin'est — Bennie Green & Gene Ammons	tenor saxophone
1959	Welcome to the Club — Nat King Cole	tenor saxophone
1959	Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings — Basie / Bennett	tenor saxophone
1959	No Count Sarah — Sarah Vaughan	tenor saxophone, saxophone
1959	Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe — Chris Connor	tenor saxophone
1959	Taylor's Tenors — Arthur Taylor, Charlie Rouse, Frank Foster	tenor saxophone
1960	I Gotta Right to Swing — Sammy Davis Jr.	reeds
1961	Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles	tenor saxophone
1961	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke — Duke Ellington and Count Basie	tenor saxophone
1961	I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face — Tony Bennett, Al Tornello	tenor saxophone
1961	Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan — Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan	tenor saxophone, saxophone, arranger
1962	Elvin! — Elvin Jones	saxophone, tenor saxophone
1963	Ella and Basie! — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra	alto saxophone
1964	It Might as Well Be Swing — Frank Sinatra, Count Basie And His Orchestra	reeds
1965	A Man and His Music — Frank Sinatra	reeds
1965	Big Band Scene '65 — Count Basie & Maynard Ferguson	reeds
1965	Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook — Sarah Vaughan	arranger
1965	Body & Soul — Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Frank Foster, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Curtis Fuller, Paul Quinichette, Hank Jones	tenor saxophone

Standard scritti da Frank Foster

Titolo	Tonalità	Forma	Groove
Shiny Stockings	Fa maggiore	ABAC · 32	swing medio
Simone	Re minore	A · 24	valzer jazz
Little Chicago Fire	Si♭ maggiore	AABA · 32	swing veloce

Premi

1987 Grammy Awards
NEA Jazz Masters

Domande frequenti

Che strumento suonava Frank Foster?

Frank Foster è noto per sassofono, flauto e sassofono tenore.

Quando e dove è nato Frank Foster?

Frank Foster è nato 21 settembre 1928 a Cincinnati.

Quali sono gli album più noti di Frank Foster?

Nel nostro archivio ci sono, tra gli altri, No Count (1956), Basie Is Our Boss (1963), Fearless Frank Foster (1966), Soul Outing! (1966) e Manhattan Fever (1968).

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