Al Foster
Birthday
1943/01/18
Day of death
2025/05/28 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Also know as
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Biography
Aloysius Tyrone Foster (January 18, 1943 – May 28, 2025) 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,...Read more
Acting
(1988) Miles Davis at Jazz Jamboree
as Himself
(1987) Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival
as Himself
(2007) New Morning - The Paris Concert - Al Foster Quintet
as Drums
(2009) Miles Davis: Stadthalle, Vienna 1973
as himself
(2011) Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux July 8 TH 1973
as drums
(2011) Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Afternoon July 8 TH 1984
as drums
(2011) Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 8 TH 1984
as drums
(1973) Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973
as Himself