Frank Foster

Frank Foster originally composed 'Manhattan Fever' as the title track for a 1968 sextet date of the same name. In 1977, Foster would release another album under the same title, this time featuring his...

Frank Foster's contributions to the Count Basie orchestra of the 1950s cannot be underestimated. Whether serving as the band's star tenor saxophone soloist or one of its definitive arrangers, Foster p...

This brilliant Frank Foster arrangement was written for the Count Basie Orchestra and recorded live in Detroit in 1992 for their Telarc CD 'Basie's Bag.' Foster takes this 1974 Cedar Walton tune and t...

You Can Have It is the result of a collaboration between legendary saxophonist/arranger Frank Foster and Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Morgan Ames. This arrangement was specifically crafted to f...

Ce morceau de Frank Foster a été enregistré pour la première fois au milieu des années 1950 sur l'album "April In Paris" de Basie, sorti sur le label Verve. Notre transcription est fidèle à l'original...

Voici notre interprétation du classique de Foster, extrait du concert de Basie au Carnegie Hall en 1981, avec Sonny Cohn à la trompette. Nous avons écrit la première moitié du solo de Cohn et laissé à...

Medium swing chart. Featuring Trpt, Bone & Piano solos. Nice ensemble writing.

After a brassy intro in 2/4, the chart breaks into a medium fast swing. Although this tune is not a blues, the Tenor & Bone follow blues in Bb patterns for four choruses apiece. Exciting 'sudden death...

A challenging unison melody and an equally challenging set of chord changes reminiscent of the 'hard-bop' era characterize this moderatley fast tenor sax feature. The solo is on the 2nd tenor part, bu...