Frank Foster (jazz musician) - Wikipedia Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned Foster to compose and arrange music for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis, for performances on March 13–15, 2008, with "A Man and a Woman" as the theme
Frank Foster Musician - All About Jazz Frank Foster, whose pouncing tenor sax and swinging arranging style helped update Count Basie's New Testament Band with a seemingly endless stream of blues surprises from 1953 onward, died on July 26 in Chesapeake, VA
Jon Faddis Remembers Frank Foster - JazzTimes Frank did all the arrangements; but while everyone talks about him as an arranger, he was also a great saxophonist And probably the most inspirational playing I saw Frank perform was when he did a recording at Jazz Standard for Mapleshade Records and he pulled out his soprano saxophone
Frank Foster: The Basie Touch - JazzWax Foster favored mid-tempo, walking blues when arranging for Basie, a tempo that grooved His original songs and arrangements for the band included Shiny Stockings, Down for the Count, Blues Backstage, Back to the Apple, Discommotion and Blues in Hoss' Flat
Frank Foster - Arabesque Records After resigning as leader of The Count Basie Orchestra in 1995, Foster resumed his leadership of three musical groups, The Non-Electric Company, a jazz quartet, Swing Plus, a 12-piece dance band, and The Loud Minority Big Band, an 18-piece concert jazz orchestra, each of which he had organized years prior to assuming leadership of the Basie
Frank Foster: The Saxophonist, Composer, and Architect of the Count . . . In the world of jazz, few musicians have left as indelible a mark as Frank Foster Known primarily for his work as a saxophonist, composer, and arranger, Foster’s contributions helped shape the post-war sound of the legendary Count Basie Orchestra
Frank Foster | JazzSkool. org | Fandom Frank Foster (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011[1]) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s [2] Foster was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and educated at
Frank Foster (jazz musician) - Wikiwand Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned Foster to compose and arrange music for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis, for performances on March 13–15, 2008, with "A Man and a Woman" as the theme
Frank Foster: Xpanded Mission - JazzTimes Foster has been commissioned to write new arrangements for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band He is also publishing his big band arrangements in three stages: a recent Basie band series, an older Basie series and newer original compositions with no Basie connection