ghost of miles Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Ron Aprea has posted on his Facebook page that Frank Foster has passed away--info supposedly from Frank's wife Cecilia. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Ron Aprea has posted on his Facebook page that Frank Foster has passed away--info supposedly from Frank's wife Cecilia. as always, we hope and pray that sad sad news about this magnficent musician is not true. Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Bill Cosby spent a long time building a funny, heartbreaking, hilarious, anxious, loving story about Frank at a recent performance in Grand Rapids. A personal, public way of dealing with his friend's stroke. Quote
Justin V Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Ron Aprea has posted on his Facebook page that Frank Foster has passed away--info supposedly from Frank's wife Cecilia. as always, we hope and pray that sad sad news about this magnificent musician is not true. + 1 Quote
Dan Gould Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Would be very sad if true, one of the last connections to the Count. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) It is truly sad indeed. But then he had a fruitful life. Thanks Frank for all the music. Time to rejoin the Basie band and take your solo. Edited July 26, 2011 by Hardbopjazz Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Posted July 26, 2011 WBGO's The Checkout told me they have official confirmation from the family, so the news appears to be true. Quote
brownie Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Sorrow now after he brought so much happiness! Quote
JSngry Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 WBGO's The Checkout... No disrespect meant or anything, but that's really funny in a dark kinda way... Anyway, RIP, Mr. Foster. You were a consummate musician, a consummate professional, and your spirit of adventure & enthusiasm will continue to inspire. If I ever have the time, I need to scan & post an article Mr. Foster wrote for a local NYC jazz newspaper back around 1979 or so. In it, he talked about how all his years touring with Basie pretty much isolated him from what was going on in the rest of the jazz world, and what a shock it was to him when he left the road and got a whiff of everything else that was going on. To see how he responded, staying true to his core identity, but making a willful and purposeful decision to "add new elements" that he found valid and which made sense for him, hey, I respect the hell outta that. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 He seemed like a really interesting character. I only know some of his music, but what I've listened to has been awesome. I dreamed about him last night, strangely enough, and then there's this news today... weird. Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 "How I Spent the Night" on his Blue Note debut, and again on Pepper Adams "The Adams Effect." Beautiful ballad. Will never be as famous a those stockings, but...then there's "Skankarooney." Quote
BillF Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Very sad news. Saw him play twice with a forty year gap between - with the Basie band at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester in 1958 and leading a big band at the Wigan Jazz Festival a dozen years ago. Quote
Dan Gould Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 For those it would appeal to, I heartily recommend Hank & Frank on Doubletime, Hank Marr the nominal leader on a program of Basie or Basie-inspired tunes. I don't think Frank recorded with an organist elsewhere and its one of many CDs I'll be spinning in rememberance. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 ..........and when frank led that basie band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i get chills just thinking about it.. Quote
John Tapscott Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Sad to hear. Loved his writing and playing with the Basie NT band. "Blues in Hoss' Flat,", just one of many possible examples. Great chart. Also his work with Elvin Jones. RIP Frank Foster. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Oh damn, what a shame. It was only at the weekend that I was giving his Nippon Columbia 'Giant Steps' LP several spins and marvelling at just how brilliant it is. Frank Foster never got enough credit for his consumate professionalism - and was a consistently fine and under-rated tenor and soprano soloist, both small groups and big bands. The 'Giant Steps' and 'Manhattan Fever' LPs will be going on deck tonight.. Quote
JohnS Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Very sad news. I was especially fond of his work with Elvin and his small groups. Quote
Big Al Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Goodbye to another legend. Thanks for all, and I mean ALL, the great music! Quote
Noj Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsGK9u5dp2g RIP, and thanks Mr. Foster. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Very sad news - thanks for all the nice albums, all the Two Franks in particular. Foster & Wess always made a nice contrast in the spirit of camaraderie. R.I.P. Quote
sonnymax Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 One of my favorite recordings, and a fitting title for a man that created a legacy of jazz based on hard work, honesty and yes, love. R.I.P. Mr. Foster. Quote
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