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
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Why This Artist
Al Foster has 33K listeners but only 875 platform followers (ratio 37:1) — organic discovery is doing all the work. A jazz act in the sonic world of Wayne Shorter and Bill Evans.
Sounds Like
Wayne Shorter · Bill Evans · Chick Corea · Herbie Hancock · Pat Metheny