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Inventory of the
Frank Foster Papers, 1930-2009 and undated, bulk 1950s-2009
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA
Frank B. Foster, III was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 23, 1928. He attended Wilberforce University and in 1949 moved to Detroit and began playing in jazz clubs with musicians such as Wardell Gray. He was drafted into the military in 1951 and served in Korea.
In the early 1950s his first two solo albums were released on Blue Note Records: "Here Comes Frank Foster" (1953) and "New Faces, New Sounds" (1954). He was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1953-1964, contributing both arrangements and original compositions including the well-known"Shiny Stockings, " "Down for the Count, " "Blues Backstage, " "Back to the Apple, " and"Discommotion, " as well as arrangements for the band's "Easin’ It" album. Foster has also performed in bands including The Lloyd Price Big Band, Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Orchestra, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and Elvin Jones's Jazz Machine.
By the 1970s Foster formed several groups on his own, including The Non-Electric Company, Living tonalidad and The Loud Minority. In 1980, Foster's "Lake Placid Suite" was performed as a part of the Winter Olympic Games, and in 1983 Dizzy Gillespie personally commissioned Foster to orchestrate one of the jazz icon’s compositions, "Con Alma, " for a scheduled performance and recording with The London Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Robert Farnon. In 1986 Foster succeeded Thad Jones as the leader of the Count Basie Orchestra, and remained with the band until 1995. During that time he won two Grammy Awards for his arrangements of "Deedles' Blues" (1987) and "Basie's Bag" (1988).
Foster's career also included a strong interest in teaching. In 1971 he served as Artist-In-Residence for the New England Conservatory of Music. He also began teaching music for the N.Y. Public Schools in Harlem under the Title I program, "Cultural Enrichment Through Music, Dance, and Song." From 1972 to 1976, Foster was an Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY). He has also worked as an adjunct professor at institutions including The New
School for Social Research and New York University. In 1987, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Central State (formerly Wilberforce) University.
During his long musical career, Foster has been commissioned to compose and arrange works for The Carnegie Hall Jazz Ensemble, The Detroit Civic Symphony Orchestra, The Jazzmobile Corporation of New York City, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, The Harpers Ferry Historical Association, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and many others. In 2002 Foster received the Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2001 he suffered a stroke that impaired his left side and caused him to cease performing on saxophone. He continues to compose and arrange for a variety of bands and leads a revival of The Loud Minority in limited engagements.
Uno de los temas en youtube :http://youtu.be/0u3ELUm0IGo
4 temas excepcionales, album de spiritual jazz ,en especial los temas 1 y 4 ,ambos temas fuerón recogidos en un recopilatorio ( A Loud Minority: Deep Spiritual Jazz From Mainstream Records 1970 -1973 , el cual entre otros tambien tiene otro tema excepcional Senyah de Roy Haynes ) sobre spiritual jazz con otros grupos ademas del suyo, gracias a ese recopilatorio busque esta joya ), soul jazz y fusión.Uno de esos all stars que tan buenos frutos dio en los 70 en obras de fusión del jazz con otros generos, el tiempo va poniendo las cosas en su sitio y la fusion especialmente con musicos neցros va ganando con el tiempo, ni mucho menos tanta trabajo manual …
Con este album junto a su colaboración con Count Basie y otros entra con letras mayusculas en las grandes paginas del jazz.
Indiscutiblemente una de las cumbres de la musica popular
En los temas 1 y 4 Dee Dee Bridgewater recita alguna parte y canta algo
Label:
Mainstream Records – MRL 349
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1974
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Modal
Tracklist
A1 The Loud Minority 14:32
A2 Requiem For Dusty 6:12
B1 J.P.'s Thing 11:44
B2 E.W. - Beautiful People 8:50
Companies etc
• Distributed By – Roulette Records
• Published By – Admont Music
Credits
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Kenny Rodgers
• Bass – Gene Perla, Stan Clarke*
• Drums – Omar Clay, Richard Pratt (2)
• Drums, Percussion – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Carmine Rubino
• Guitar – Earl Dunbar
• Percussion – Airto Moreira
• Piano, Electric Piano – Harold Mabern, Jan Hammer
• Producer – Bob Shad
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet [Alto], Written-By – Frank Foster
• Trombone – Dick Griffin
• Trumpet – Hannibal Marvin Peterson
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Cecil Bridgewater, Charles McGee*
• Vocals – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Notes
A Red Lion Production
A product of Mainstream Records, Inc. • 1700 Broadway • New York, N.Y. 10019 • Made in USA
Gatefold cover
Fotos del recopilatorio mencionado arriba :
Frank Foster Papers, 1930-2009 and undated, bulk 1950s-2009
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA
Frank B. Foster, III was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 23, 1928. He attended Wilberforce University and in 1949 moved to Detroit and began playing in jazz clubs with musicians such as Wardell Gray. He was drafted into the military in 1951 and served in Korea.
In the early 1950s his first two solo albums were released on Blue Note Records: "Here Comes Frank Foster" (1953) and "New Faces, New Sounds" (1954). He was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1953-1964, contributing both arrangements and original compositions including the well-known"Shiny Stockings, " "Down for the Count, " "Blues Backstage, " "Back to the Apple, " and"Discommotion, " as well as arrangements for the band's "Easin’ It" album. Foster has also performed in bands including The Lloyd Price Big Band, Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Orchestra, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and Elvin Jones's Jazz Machine.
By the 1970s Foster formed several groups on his own, including The Non-Electric Company, Living tonalidad and The Loud Minority. In 1980, Foster's "Lake Placid Suite" was performed as a part of the Winter Olympic Games, and in 1983 Dizzy Gillespie personally commissioned Foster to orchestrate one of the jazz icon’s compositions, "Con Alma, " for a scheduled performance and recording with The London Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Robert Farnon. In 1986 Foster succeeded Thad Jones as the leader of the Count Basie Orchestra, and remained with the band until 1995. During that time he won two Grammy Awards for his arrangements of "Deedles' Blues" (1987) and "Basie's Bag" (1988).
Foster's career also included a strong interest in teaching. In 1971 he served as Artist-In-Residence for the New England Conservatory of Music. He also began teaching music for the N.Y. Public Schools in Harlem under the Title I program, "Cultural Enrichment Through Music, Dance, and Song." From 1972 to 1976, Foster was an Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY). He has also worked as an adjunct professor at institutions including The New
School for Social Research and New York University. In 1987, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Central State (formerly Wilberforce) University.
During his long musical career, Foster has been commissioned to compose and arrange works for The Carnegie Hall Jazz Ensemble, The Detroit Civic Symphony Orchestra, The Jazzmobile Corporation of New York City, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, The Harpers Ferry Historical Association, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and many others. In 2002 Foster received the Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2001 he suffered a stroke that impaired his left side and caused him to cease performing on saxophone. He continues to compose and arrange for a variety of bands and leads a revival of The Loud Minority in limited engagements.
Uno de los temas en youtube :http://youtu.be/0u3ELUm0IGo
4 temas excepcionales, album de spiritual jazz ,en especial los temas 1 y 4 ,ambos temas fuerón recogidos en un recopilatorio ( A Loud Minority: Deep Spiritual Jazz From Mainstream Records 1970 -1973 , el cual entre otros tambien tiene otro tema excepcional Senyah de Roy Haynes ) sobre spiritual jazz con otros grupos ademas del suyo, gracias a ese recopilatorio busque esta joya ), soul jazz y fusión.Uno de esos all stars que tan buenos frutos dio en los 70 en obras de fusión del jazz con otros generos, el tiempo va poniendo las cosas en su sitio y la fusion especialmente con musicos neցros va ganando con el tiempo, ni mucho menos tanta trabajo manual …
Con este album junto a su colaboración con Count Basie y otros entra con letras mayusculas en las grandes paginas del jazz.
Indiscutiblemente una de las cumbres de la musica popular
En los temas 1 y 4 Dee Dee Bridgewater recita alguna parte y canta algo
Label:
Mainstream Records – MRL 349
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1974
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Modal
Tracklist
A1 The Loud Minority 14:32
A2 Requiem For Dusty 6:12
B1 J.P.'s Thing 11:44
B2 E.W. - Beautiful People 8:50
Companies etc
• Distributed By – Roulette Records
• Published By – Admont Music
Credits
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Kenny Rodgers
• Bass – Gene Perla, Stan Clarke*
• Drums – Omar Clay, Richard Pratt (2)
• Drums, Percussion – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Carmine Rubino
• Guitar – Earl Dunbar
• Percussion – Airto Moreira
• Piano, Electric Piano – Harold Mabern, Jan Hammer
• Producer – Bob Shad
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet [Alto], Written-By – Frank Foster
• Trombone – Dick Griffin
• Trumpet – Hannibal Marvin Peterson
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Cecil Bridgewater, Charles McGee*
• Vocals – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Notes
A Red Lion Production
A product of Mainstream Records, Inc. • 1700 Broadway • New York, N.Y. 10019 • Made in USA
Gatefold cover
Fotos del recopilatorio mencionado arriba :
