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Al Foster
Aloysius Tyrone Foster was an American jazz drummer. Foster's professional career began in the mid-1960s, when he played and recorded with hard bop and swing musicians including Blue Mitchell and Illinois Jacquet. Foster played jazz fusion with Miles Davis during the 70s and was one of the few people to have contact with Davis during his retirement from 1975 to 1980. During Davis's retirement, Foster continued to play and record acoustic jazz with Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, and other band leaders. Foster played on Miles Davis's 1981 comeback album The Man with the Horn, and was the only musician to play in Davis's band both before, and after, his retirement. After leaving Davis's band in the mid-1980s, Foster toured and recorded with Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, and many other band leaders, primarily working in acoustic jazz settings. Foster also released several solo albums under his own name, starting with Mixed Roots in 1978. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Pent Up House
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Amsterdam Blues (Live at Smoke) (feat. Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau & Joe Martin)
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Four
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Up Jumped Spring
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The Eternal Triangle (Live At Carnegie Hall/1994)
Roy Hargrove

Albums

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Reflections

2022
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An Evening With Joe Henderson, Al Foster, Charlie Haden

2008
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Live at Smoke (feat. Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau & Joe Martin)

2025
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Cerebral Caverns

2021
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Brandyn

2006
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Trio (Live in Gdynia)

2021
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Inspirations & Dedications

2019
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Crossing The Border

2006
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Three of a Mind

2015
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Hank Jones Trio With Mads Vinding & Al Foster

1991

Singles & EPs

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E.S.P.

Single • 2025
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Unrequited

Single • 2025
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Fast Forward (feat. Sam Rivers & Julian Priester)

Single • 2021

Videos

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Al Foster - Love Eyes

Rare Samples & Songs Oleg Tsoy • 50K views
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Joe Henderson Trio - Take the A Train (Live, 1993)

LOFTmusic • 24K views
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Al Foster "Kierra" video from "Inspirations & Dedications"

Smoke Jazz Club • 1.9K views
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Chris Potter sounding incredible over an F Blues (Live with Al Foster) | Solo Transcription

Wesley Chin • 4.2K views
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Bill Evans Trio 1978 Nardis

sigmundgroid • 112K views
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John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, Al Foster - The Winding Way (Part I) [live 2002]

AhnDanil • 148K views
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Kenny Garrett Quartet Feat. Kenny Kirkland - Two Down 1 Across

sigmundgroid • 46K views
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Joe Henderson Trio - Body and Soul (Live, 1993)

LOFTmusic • 37K views
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Joe Henderson, Al Foster & Dave Holland - Serenity (Live, 1993)

LOFTmusic • 44K views
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The Eternal Triangle - Pat Metheny, Roy Hargrove and others

Franco Dall'Amore • 77K views

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