Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

Frank Benjamin Foster III (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) 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. In 1998, Howard University awarded Frank Foster with the Benny Golson Jazz Master Award.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 'Lypso Mania
  • A Fresh Taste of the Blues
  • Apple Cores
  • Blues Backstage
  • Blues in Frankie's Flat
  • Blues in Hoss’ Flat
  • Brotherly Shove
  • C. P. W.
  • Cecilia Is Love
  • Cidade Alto
  • Derricksterity
  • Did’n You
  • Down for the Count
  • Easin' It
  • Fosterity
  • Four Five Six
  • Gray Thursday
  • How I Spent the Night
  • Lady in Lace
  • Leo Rising
  • Love Handles
  • Mirror Lake
  • Misunderstood Blues
  • Ode to Joe Newman
  • Raunchy Rita
  • Sean's Jones Comes Down
  • Shiny Stockings
  • Shutout
  • Simone
  • The House That Love Built
  • Upper Berth
  • Victorious Blues
  • Who, Me?
  • Winners
  • You Got It
  • You’re Only as Old as You Look