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Frank Foster (23 Sep 1928 - 26 Jul 2011)

Male Person - United States saxophonist

Releases (16)

Official

Album

  1. No Count 1956
  2. Basie Is Our Boss 1963
  3. Fearless Frank Foster Jan 1966
  4. Soul Outing! 1966
  5. Manhattan Fever 1968
  6. The Loud Minority 1974
  7. Here and Now Jun 1976
  8. Bursting Out! 1978
  9. Frankly Speaking 1985
  10. Leo Rising 1997
  11. Swing! 1998

Album - Live

  1. A Blues Ain't Nothing but a Trip 1981
  2. The Frank Foster Non Electric Company 1987

Single

  1. Raunchy Rita / Baby Ann 1966
  2. Show the Good Side / Skankarooney 1966
  3. Harlem Rumble / Bring It on Home 1968

Relationships (2)

Students

  1. Gerry Cappuccio (1970 - 1971) saxophone

Conductor For

  1. The Count Basie Orchestra

Recordings by (96)

  1. Little Red 3:55 (1954)
  2. How I Spent the Night 5:02 (1954)
  3. Blues for Benny 3:49 (1954)
  4. Out of Nowhere 3:37 (1954)
  5. Gracias 4:14 (1954)
  6. The Heat's On 3:48 (1954)
  7. How I Spent the Night (alt. take) 4:19 (1954)
  8. Frankie and Johnnie 4:08 (1954)
  9. Baby Grand 4:03 (1954)
  10. Christina 3:39 (1954)
  11. Summertime 3:55 (1954)
  12. Festival 4:01 (1954)
  13. Bumpkins 3:51 (1954)
  14. Frankie and Johnnie (alt. take) 4:06 (1954)
  15. Summertime (alt. take) 3:55 (1954)
  16. Bumpkins (alt. take) 3:43 (1954)
  17. Bumpkins (alt take) 3:44 (1954)
  18. Stop Gap 6:04 (1956)
  19. Excursion 5:15 (1956)
  20. Casa Del Marcel 6:33 (1956)
  21. Apron Strings 3:56 (1956)
  22. Alternative 8:59 (1956)
  23. Serenata 4:52 (1956)
  24. Vested Interest 8:47 (1963)
  25. Why Try to Change Me Now 4:13 (1963)
  26. May We 5:15 (1963)
  27. Samba Blues 6:00 (1963)
  28. Kelly Blue 7:40 (1963)
  29. I've Got a Lot Ofliving to Do 4:00 (1963)
  30. Raunchy Rita 5:30 (Jan 1966)
  31. Janie Huk 11:20 (Jan 1966)
  32. Thingaroo 3:37 (Jan 1966)
  33. Baby Ann 6:05 (Jan 1966)
  34. Jitterbug Waltz 9:24 (Jan 1966)
  35. Disapproachment 5:47 (Jan 1966)
  36. Show the Good Side 2:20 (1966)
  37. Skankarooney 3:05 (1966)
  38. While the City Sleeps 4:20 (1966)
  39. Sakankaroony 7:53 (1966)
  40. Chiquito Loco 8:50 (1966)
  41. Night Song 8:45 (1966)
  42. Little Miss No Nose 6:55 (1968)
  43. Manhattan Fever 10:30 (1968)
  44. Loneliness 2:55 (1968)
  45. Stammpede 5:45 (1968)
  46. You Gotta Be Kiddin' 3:27 (1968)
  47. Seventh Avenue Bill 11:50 (1968)
  48. Harlem Rumble ?:?? (1968)
  49. Bring It on Home ?:?? (1968)
  50. The Loud Minority 12:47 (1974)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Excursion 5:15 Frank Foster (1956)

Instruments

  1. Later for You 4:02 Elmo Hope Quintet (1954) tenor saxophone
  2. Frankie and Johnnie 4:08 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  3. Festival 4:01 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  4. Summertime 3:55 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  5. Let's Split ?:?? Paul Quinichette, Benny Green, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones, Sir Jonathan Gasser (1954) tenor saxophone
  6. Crazy 4:17 Elmo Hope Quintet (1954) tenor saxophone
  7. Little Red 3:55 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  8. How I Spent the Night (alt. take) 4:19 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  9. How I Spent the Night 5:02 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  10. Blues for Benny 3:49 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  11. Gracias 4:14 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  12. The Heat's On 3:48 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  13. Baby Grand 4:03 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  14. Christina 3:39 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  15. Bumpkins 3:51 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  16. Summertime (alt. take) 3:55 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  17. Tenderly ?:?? Paul Quinichette, Benny Green, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones, Sir Jonathan Gasser (1954) tenor saxophone
  18. Abdullah 3:48 Elmo Hope Quintet (1954) tenor saxophone
  19. Chips 3:36 Elmo Hope Quintet (1954) tenor saxophone
  20. Low Tide 4:12 Elmo Hope Quintet (1954) tenor saxophone
  21. Out of Nowhere 3:37 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  22. Bumpkins (alt. take) 3:43 Frank Foster (1954) tenor saxophone
  23. Maybe So 4:23 Elmo Hope Quintet (1954) tenor saxophone
  24. Wail, Frank, Wail 6:24 Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster (1955) tenor saxophone
  25. Shutout 5:48 Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster (1955) tenor saxophone
  26. Yaho 7:37 Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster (1955) tenor saxophone
  27. Come Rain or Come Shine 4:01 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) reeds
  28. Zarou 5:12 Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster (1955) tenor saxophone
  29. Fosterity 6:13 Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster (1955) tenor saxophone
  30. Georgia on My Mind 6:37 Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster (1955) tenor saxophone
  31. Singin' in the Rain 2:28 Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams (1955) reeds
  32. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 2:41 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) reeds
  33. A Fine Romance 2:31 Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams (1955) reeds
  34. Thou Swell 2:22 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) reeds
  35. There Will Never Be Another You 2:54 Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams (1955) reeds
  36. Our Love Is Here to Stay 3:41 Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams (1955) reeds
  37. ’S Wonderful 2:38 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) reeds
  38. My Baby Just Cares for Me 2:27 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) reeds
  39. Nevertheless 3:57 Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams (1955) reeds
  40. I'm Beginning to See the Light 3:08 Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams (1955) reeds
  41. This Can't Be Love 2:33 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) reeds
  42. Roll ’Em Pete 3:12 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1955) tenor saxophone
  43. Locomotive 6:23 Thelonious Monk (1956) tenor saxophone
  44. Midgets 3:16 Count Basie and His Orchestra (1956) tenor saxophone
  45. Party Blues 4:00 Joe Williams (1956) tenor saxophone
  46. Serenata 4:52 Frank Foster (1956) tenor saxophone
  47. Phinupi 4:42 Kenny Burrell (1956) tenor saxophone
  48. Hard Sock Dance 7:40 Frank Wess (1956) tenor saxophone
  49. What'd Ya Say 9:46 Frank Wess (1956) tenor saxophone

Credited as (35)

  1. Frank Foster
  2. Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet feat. Frank Foster
  3. Elmo Hope Quartet and Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Frank Foster
  4. Illinois Jacquet / Frank Foster
  5. James Moody & Frank Foster
  6. Joe Newman with Frank Foster
  7. Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Frank Foster, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Curtis Fuller, Paul Quinichette, Hank Jones
  8. Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Frank Foster
  9. DePaul University Jazz Ensemble; Frank Foster
  10. Sarah Vaughan & Frank Foster
  11. The Count Basie Orchestra Directed bY Frank Foster
  12. Frank Foster + Frank Wess
  13. Pepper Adams, Frank Foster
  14. Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins and Frank Foster
  15. James Moody / Frank Foster
  16. Paul Quinichette, Benny Green, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones, Sir Jonathan Gasser
  17. Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
  18. Arthur Taylor, Charlie Rouse, Frank Foster
  19. The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble / Frank Foster, Rene McLean, Slide Hampton, Ronnie Mathews, Stafford James, Louis Hayes
  20. Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats Meet Elvin Jones By Frank Foster
  21. The SDR Big Band With Frank Foster
  22. Frank Foster And The SDR Big Band
  23. Frank Foster, Jürgen Seefelder, Thomas Stabenow, Keith Copeland
  24. Frank Foster, The Loud Minority Band
  25. Clark Terry Featuring Frank Foster
  26. Frank Foster, Al Cohn Quartet
  27. Maureen Rene, Ernst Jäger, Frank Foster
  28. Donald Byrd & Frank Foster
  29. Frank Foster / George Wallington
  30. George Wallington featuring Frank Foster
  31. Frank Foster & The LA Untouchables
  32. Frank Foster And Frank Wess
  33. Frank Foster, Tanzorchester Ernst Jäger
  34. Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Frank Foster, Gene A Perla, Elvin Jones
  35. Frank Foster And The SWR Big Band

Works (46)

Arranged

  1. Victorious Blues
  2. Easin' It
  3. Love Handles
  4. Mirror Lake
  5. Brotherly Shove
  6. Lady in Lace
  7. Did’n You
  8. Ode to Joe Newman
  9. Winners
  10. A Fresh Taste of the Blues

Wrote

  1. Who’s Afraid…

Composed

  1. Shiny Stockings (1955)
  2. Shiny Stockings (1955)
  3. Shiny Stockings (1955)
  4. How I Spent the Night
  5. Who, Me?
  6. Blues in Frankie's Flat
  7. Blues Backstage
  8. Blues in Hoss’ Flat
  9. Simone
  10. Four Five Six
  11. Victorious Blues
  12. Easin' It
  13. Mirror Lake
  14. Brotherly Shove
  15. Lady in Lace
  16. Ode to Joe Newman
  17. Winners
  18. A Fresh Taste of the Blues
  19. You’re Only as Old as You Look
  20. Gray Thursday
  21. Cidade Alto
  22. Leo Rising
  23. Derricksterity
  24. Fosterity
  25. Shutout
  26. You Got It
  27. Misunderstood Blues
  28. Upper Berth
  29. Cecilia Is Love
  30. Did’n You
  31. Love Handles
  32. The House That Love Built
  33. Sean's Jones Comes Down
  34. C. P. W.
  35. 'Lypso Mania

Links (19)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.frankfostermusic.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13894065c
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203339
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86813479
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86813479
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x6440f
  6. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1524511
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134375998

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/23528

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/259076

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000161637

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/84969624

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489245

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/56925
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/44gBHRslQH02AO2FT5N9Hv

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1241340462

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1241340462

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Foster-Music/111145312293095

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFrankFosterMusic