''Fearless Frank Foster'' is an album by saxophonist
Frank Foster recorded in 1965 and released on the
Prestige
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Prestige Records discography
accessed December 6, 2012
Reception
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awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Foster performs five originals, some of which fall into the area of funky hard bop. Spirited music".[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
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Track listing
''All compositions by Frank Foster except as indicated''
# "Raunchy Rita" - 5:28
# "Janie Huk" - 11:16
# "Thingaroo" - 3:30
# "Baby Ann" - 6:00
# "Jitterbug Waltz
"Jitterbug Waltz" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller and initially recorded the same year by Fats Waller and His Rhythm. It was also recorded by Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Chet Atkins, Vince Guaraldi, Butch Thompson, Al Hirt, Eric Dolphy, ...
" ( Fats Waller) - 9:20
# "Disapproachment" - 5:46
Personnel
* Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
*Virgil Jones - trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
* Al Dailey - piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
* Bob Cunningham - bass
*Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson (July 14, 1929 – February 23, 1996) was an American jazz drummer and percussion teacher based in Boston.
Biography
Dawson was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Serving in the U.S. Army during th ...
- drums
References
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Frank Foster (musician) albums
1966 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Cal Lampley
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio