POPS FOSTER

 

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Luis Russell And His Orchestra 
 Arranged By - Luis Russell; Bass - Pops Foster; Clarinet - Albert Nicholas; Drums - Paul Barbarin; 
Guitar - Will Johnson; Leader - Luis Russell; Piano - Luis Russell; Saxophone [Alto] - Charlie Holmes; 
Saxophone [Tenor] - Teddy Hill; Trombone - Jay C. Higginbotham; Trumpet - Henry Allen; Written By - Russell 
New York, 9 September, 1929 - Matrix - S 402940-B
George Murphy "Pops" Foster (Baton Rouge, Luisiana, 19 de mayo de 1892 - San Francisco, 29 de octubre de 1969) fue un contrabajista estadounidense de jazz conocido por su estilo slap.1​ También tocaba la tuba y la trompeta.

En 1907 ya había empezado a tocar profesionalmente con el trombonista Jack Carey (1889 – 1934), Kid Ory, el violinista Armand J. Piron (1888 - 1943) y King Oliver, y con otras prominentes bandas de jazz tradicional de la época.

De 1918 a 1921, tocaba la tuba y el contrabajo en la banda de Fate Marable en los riverboats,1​ y en 1921 se fue a San Luis para trabajar con la banda del multiinstrumentista Charlie Creath (1890 - 1951) y con la del trompetista y cornetista Dewey Jackson (1900 - 1994). Más tarde estuvo tocando de nuevo con Ory en Los Ángeles.

En 1929, se fue a Nueva York, y allí trabajaría con las bandas de Luis Russell y Louis Armstrong hasta 1940, para después tocar durante el resto de la década con otras bandas de músicos afincados en esa ciudad, como la de Sidney Bechet y la del pianista Art Hodes (1904 - 1993).

A finales de la década de 1940, Foster comenzó a realizar giras por Europa, sobre todo por Francia, y en 1954 volvió a Nueva Orleans para tocar con Papa Celestin.

De 1956 a 1961, tocó con la Small Band de Earl Hines.

              

George Murphy "Pops" Foster (May 19, 1892 – October 29, 1969) was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous slap bass playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally.

Pops Foster with Ole South Band, New York City in February 1947

Pops Foster on string bass Fate Marable's New Orleans Band on the S. S. Sidney in 1918 or 1919

Foster was born to Charley and Annie Foster, who "was nearly fullblooded Cherokee,"on a plantation near McCall in Ascension Parish near Donaldsonville in south Louisiana. His family moved to New Orleans when he was about 10 years of age. His older brother, Willard Foster, began playing banjo and guitar; George started out on a cello then switched to string bass. Foster married twice: to Bertha Foster in 1912 and Alma Foster in 1936. Pops Foster was playing professionally by 1907 and worked with Jack Carey, Kid Ory, Armand Piron, King Oliver and other prominent hot bands of the era.

In 1921 he moved to St. Louis to play with the Charlie Creath and Dewey Jackson bands, in which he would be active for much of the decade. He also joined Ory in Los Angeles. He acquired the nickname "Pops" because he was far older than any of the other players in the band.

In 1929 Foster moved to New York City, where he played with the bands of Luis Russell and Louis Armstrong through 1940. He gigged with various New York-based bands through the 1940s, including those of Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes, and regular broadcasts on the national This Is Jazz radio program. He also recorded for the Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet (Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, Fitz Weston, and Kaiser Marshall) and Septet (on two consecutive dates in 1945, with Hot Lips Page (as Pappa Snow White), Sammy Price (as Jimmy Blythe Jr.), Danny Barker and Sid Catlett, and on the second session with Pleasant Joe on vocals

In the late 1940s he began touring more widely and played in many countries in Europe, especially in France, and throughout the United States including returns to New Orleans and California.

In 1952, Foster toured Europe with Jimmy Archey's Band. He played regularly at Central Plaza in New York and briefly in New Orleans with Papa Celestin in 1954.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he played with Earl Hines' Small Band. In 1966, he toured Europe with the New Orleans All-Stars but remained based in San Francisco, where he died.

Art Hodes new band at the "Ole South" lines up with (left to right) George Luggi on trombone, Pops Foster on bass, Henry Goodwin on trumpet, Hodes on piano and Cecil Scott on clarinet and drummer Baby Dodds, is hidden

The Autobiography of Pops Foster was published in 1971, with a new edition in 2005. Foster is quoted, "Some of the books are fouled up on" the times in New Orleans", "and some of the guys weren't telling the truth." "The critics and guys who write about jazz think they know more about what went on in New Orleans than the guys that were there."