Frank Foster — Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone. Played on Jazz Studio 1, Basie, Dance Session (Album #2). Worked with Eddie Jones, Frank Wess, Freddie Green.
Frank Foster's albums
Body Talk
George Benson · 1973
Mobius
Cedar Walton · 1975
Count Basie And His Band That Swings The Blues
Count Basie · 1956
Count Basie At Newport
Count Basie · 1957
Frank Foster joined Count Basie's saxophone section in 1953, and he also wrote for the band; his 1955 chart "Shiny Stockings" stayed in the book for decades. The tenor player sitting in the section on April In Paris (1957) and Count Basie At Newport (1957) ended up leading the orchestra himself in 1986, two years after Basie died.
