People named Frank Foster

Frank B Foster of Evanston, Cook County, IL was born on February 5, 1916, and died at age 90 years old on March 30, 2006.

Frank W Foster of Quincy, Norfolk County, MA was born on March 5, 1906, and died at age 73 years old in July 1979.

Frank S Foster of Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina was born on January 30, 1925, and died at age 60 years old in June 1985.

Frank F Jr Foster of Bangor, Penobscot County, ME was born on March 18, 1915, and died at age 68 years old in February 1984.

Frank E Foster of Gassaway, Braxton County, WV was born on August 4, 1915, and died at age 87 years old on May 15, 2003.

Frank Foster of Homestead, Allegheny County, PA was born on December 5, 1924, and died at age 52 years old in December 1976.

Frank M Foster of Warren, Warren County, PA was born on September 7, 1915, and died at age 66 years old in March 1982.

Frank E Foster of Sykesville, Jefferson County, PA was born on February 3, 1925, and died at age 73 years old on September 4, 1998.

Frank R Foster of Waterford, Erie County, PA was born on October 21, 1917, and died at age 70 years old in January 1988.

Frank Foster of Hazleton, Luzerne County, PA was born on November 15, 1902, and died at age 81 years old in August 1984.

Frank E Foster of Lakewood, Ocean County, NJ was born on March 2, 1922, and died at age 70 years old on August 25, 1992.

Frank A Foster of Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY was born on July 2, 1910, and died at age 65 years old in December 1975.

Frank Benjamin Foster III (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s. Biography Foster was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and educated at Wilberforce University. In 1949, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he joined the local jazz scene, playing with musicians such as Wardell Gray. Drafted into the US Army in 1951, Foster served in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division. Upon finishing his military service in 1953 he joined Count Basie's big band. Foster contributed both arrangements and original compositions to Count Basie's band including the standard "Shiny Stockings", and other popular songs such as "Down for the Count", "Blues Backstage", "Back to the Apple", "Discommotion", and "Blues in Hoss Flat", as well as arrangements for the entire Easin' It album. From 1970 to 1972 (and on occasional later dates) he played with Elvin Jones, and in 1972 and 1975 with the Thad Jones–Mel Lewis big band. Foster was an Artist in Residence at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in 1971. That same year, he also started teaching for the New York City Public School System in District 5, Harlem, as part of a team of six professional musicians assigned to the Federal Government's Title I Program: Cultural Enrichment Through Music, Dance, and Song. From 1972 to 1976, Foster was full-time Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY). Foster also formed and lead several groups, most notably Living Color and The Loud Minority. He co-led a quintet with Frank Wess in 1983, and toured Europe as a member of Jimmy Smith's quintet in 1985. In June 1986 Foster succeeded Thad Jones as leader of the Count Basie Orchestra. While leading the Basie Orchestra, Foster received two Grammy Awards: first for his big-band arrangement of the Diane Schuur composition "Deedles' Blues" (Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal, Jazz category, 1987), and second for his arrangement of guitarist/vocalist George Benson's composition "Basie's Bag" (Best Big Band Instrumental, Jazz category, 1988). After leaving the band in 1995, Foster resumed his leadership of three musical groups: The Non-Electric Company (a jazz quartet/quintet), Swing Plus (a 12-piece band), and The Loud Minority Big Band (an 18-piece concert jazz orchestra), each of which he had organized years prior to assuming leadership of the Basie unit in 1986. Frank Foster suffered a stroke in 2001 that impaired his left side to the extent that he could no longer play the saxophone. After continuing to lead the Loud Minority on limited engagements for much of the 2000s, he turned his leadership responsibilities for the band over to Cecil Bridgewater, a prominent New York City jazz musician. Until his death Foster continued composing and arranging at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he resided with his wife and personal manager of nearly 45 years, Cecilia Foster.He died of kidney failure on July 26, 2011. Awards and commissions Foster received two Grammy Awards: the first, for his big band arrangement of the Diane Schuur composition "Deedles' Blues" (Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal, 1987), and the second for his arrangement of guitarist/vocalist George Benson's composition "Basie's Bag" (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band, 1990). He also received two Grammy nominations: for his big band arrangement of Charles Trenet's composition "Beyond the Sea", and for an album with his fellow Basie alumnus Frank Wess entitled Frankly Speaking. He composed and orchestrated material for The Carnegie Hall Jazz Ensemble, The Detroit Civic Symphony Orchestra, The Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble, The Jazzmobile Corporation of New York City, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Malaysia Symphony Orchestra, The Metropole Orchestra of Hilversum, the Netherlands, and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1983 Dizzy Gillespie personally commissioned Frank Foster to orchestrate one of the jazz icon's compositions, "Con Alma", for a scheduled performance and recording with The London Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Robert Farnon. In 1987, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Central State University in Wilberforce. In 2002, the National Endowment for the Arts presented Foster with its NEA Jazz Masters Award, the highest honor in jazz. Foster was commissioned by The Harpers Ferry Historical Association of West Virginia to compose a jazz suite of ten to fifteen minutes' duration in connection with the Niagara Movement, relating to John Brown's famous raid on Harpers Ferry. The suite was performed by the Count Basie Orchestra at Harpers Ferry as part of the three-day Niagara Movement celebration in August 2006. Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned Foster to compose and arrange music for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis, for performances on March 13–15, 2008, with "A Man and a Woman" as the theme. Foster wrote the words, music, and orchestrations for "I Love You (Based on Your Availability)" and "Romance Without Substance Is a Nuisance", both performed by vocalists Dennis Rowland and Marlena Shaw. On March 20, 2009, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jon Faddis, performed a three-part suite by Foster titled "Chi-Town Is My Town and My Town's No Shy Town" at the Harris Theater in Chicago. In 2009, Foster selected The Jazz Archive at Duke University to be the home for his numerous compositions, arrangements, and personal papers. Humanitarian causes Foster became a great supporter of The Jazz Foundation of America in their mission to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians including musicians who survived Hurricane Katrina. After receiving help from the Jazz Foundation, he supported the cause by performing in their Annual Benefit Concert "A Great Night in Harlem" in 2008. He donated his gold-plated tenor sax to be auctioned by the Jazz Foundation of America, the proceeds of which went to support the foundation's non-profit programs, especially working gigs and educational programs for victims of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

Frank Foster of Mayflower, Faulkner County, AR was born on August 8, 1914, and died at age 93 years old on May 2, 2008. Frank Foster was buried at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery Section K Site 127 1501 West Maryland, in North Little Rock.

Frank K Foster of Sykesville, Carroll County, MD was born on July 1, 1926, and died at age 83 years old on July 25, 2009. Frank Foster was buried at Southern Wisconsin Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section H Site 94 21731 Spring St, in Union Grove, Wi.

Frank Foster died in January 1961. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Foster.

Frank Foster died in April 1975. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Foster.

Frank Foster died in May 1960. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Foster.

Frank Barnes Foster was born on June 28, 1928, and died at age 84 years old on October 22, 2012. Frank Foster was buried at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Section 12 Site 258 10175 Rawiga Rd - Po Box #8, in Rittman, Oh. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Barnes Foster.

Frank S Foster was born on December 26, 1929, and died at age 65 years old on April 14, 1995. Frank Foster was buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section PC Row 13 Site 37 Box 916a - Old Belgrade Road, in Augusta, Me. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank S Foster.

Frank E Foster was born on October 13, 1922, and died at age 82 years old on September 18, 2005. Frank Foster was buried at Ft. Mcpherson National Cemetery Section D Site 984 12004 S Spur 56a, in Maxwell, Ne. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank E Foster.

Frank Albert Foster was born on July 13, 1914, and died at age 45 years old on November 4, 1959. Frank Foster was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2A Site 3751 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Albert Foster.

Frank Foster was born on June 21, 1916, and died at age 56 years old on February 19, 1973. Frank Foster was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2R Site 5627 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Foster.

Frank Edward Foster was born on November 17, 1929, and died at age 30 years old on November 13, 1960. Frank Foster was buried at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section W Site 1176 P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Edward Foster.

Frank Melton Foster was born on February 21, 1928, and died at age 53 years old on September 21, 1981. Frank Foster was buried at Riverside National Cemetery Section 10 Site 220 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Melton Foster.

Frank Flanagan Foster was born on September 8, 1937, and died at age 40 years old on July 7, 1978. Frank Foster was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section B-1 Site 479-1 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis, Mn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Flanagan Foster.

Frank C Foster was born on May 19, 1915, and died at age 61 years old on May 19, 1976. Frank Foster was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section T Site 2437 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis, Mn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank C Foster.

Frank William Foster was born on September 8, 1928, and died at age 64 years old on February 15, 1993. Frank Foster was buried at Ft. Custer National Cemetery Section 9 Site 1203 15501 Dickman Road - No. Entrance Svc Maintenance Bldg, in Augusta, Mi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank William Foster.

Frank Webb Foster was born on January 17, 1917, and died at age 65 years old on May 8, 1982. Frank Foster was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section F Site 3982 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Webb Foster.