Herman Foster

Herman Foster ( born April 26, 1928 in Philadelphia, † April 3, 1999 in New York City ) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

Foster's family moved in 1947 to New York City; where he worked from the late 1950s in the bands of Lou Donaldson, for which he composed titles such as Herman's Mambo, Day Dreams or I'll Always Want You Near. In addition to Donaldson's albums such as Blues Walk ( Blue Note, 1958), cole slaw ( Argo, 1964) or Blowing in the Wind ( Cadet, 1967), he was, even when shooting from King Curtis ( Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow, 1958), Earl May, Gloria Lynne and Jean DuShon with. In the early 1960s he took (consisting of Earl May and Frankie Dunlop ) with Al Casey and private Trio for Epic Records on; From 1981 he worked again at Donaldson.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Have You Heard ( Epic Records, 1960)
• The Explosive Piano of Herman Foster ( Epic, 1961), with Grass Ella Oliphant and Earl May
• Ready and Willing ( Argo, 1963)
• The One and Only ( Timeless Records, 1984)

Trivia

Herman Foster was totally blind - after his slightly muddled information, it was pressed at the birth of a ( unskilled ) midwife with forceps both eyeballs from their sockets. Nevertheless, he recognized me immediately when I met him more than 3 years after his Jazzland guest performance with a simple: " Herman " welcomed - "Axel, what are you doin ' in New York! " Also that he could distinguish the U.S. bills despite their identical size perfectly, was almost inexplicable .... - other musicians (Blind John Davis) complained bitterly that has often paid them " singles" as " tens" ... .. (Axel Melhardt - Vienna )