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Aloysius Tyrone Foster (January 18, 1943 – May 28, 2025) was an American drummer. Foster's professional career began in the mid-1960s, when he played and recorded with and musicians including and . Foster played with 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 , , , , and other band leaders. Foster played on Miles Davis's 1981 comeback album The Man with the Horn, and was the only musician to play in Davis's band both before, and after, his retirement. After leaving Davis's band in the mid-1980s, Foster toured and recorded with , , , and many other band leaders, primarily working in acoustic jazz settings. Foster also released several solo albums under his own name, starting with Mixed Roots in 1978.

Life and career
Foster was born in Richmond, Virginia, United States,
(1992). 9780851125800, Guinness Publishing.
and grew up in New York. He began playing drums at the age of 13 and made his recording debut on 's 1964 album, The Thing to Do, at the age of 20.

He joined 's group when left in 1972, and played with Davis until 1985. In his 1989 autobiography, Davis described the first time he heard Foster play live in 1972 at the Cellar Club in : "He Foster knocked me out because he had such a groove and he would just lay it right in there. That was the kind of thing I was looking for. Al could set it up for everybody else to play off and just keep the groove going forever."

Foster began composing in the 1970s, and toured with his own band, including musicians such as bassist Doug Weiss, saxophonist , and pianist . The last decade of his life Foster was frequently at the New York club Smoke whose Smoke Sessions label released his final two albums.

Foster died after an illness on May 28, 2025, at the age of 82.

Discography
As leader
  • Mixed Roots (CBS/Sony, 1978)
  • Mr. Foster (Better Days, 1979)
  • Brandyn (Laika, 1997)
  • Oh! (ScoLoHoFo), with , , Dave Holland (Blue Note, 2003) – recorded in 2002
  • Love, Peace and Jazz! Live at the Village Vanguard, with , , Doug Weiss (JazzEyes, 2008)
  • The Paris Concert (Inakustic, 2008) DVD-Video
  • Inspirations and Dedications (Smoke Sessions, 2019)
  • Reflections (Smoke Sessions, 2022)
  • Live at Smoke (Smoke Sessions, 2025)

As sideman
With
  • Landscape (Baystate, 1985) – recorded in 1984
  • Super Standard (Venus, 2004)

With

  • Havin' Fun (Concord Jazz, 1985)
  • Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven (Concord Jazz, 1987) – recorded in 1986

With

  • (Columbia, 1973)
  • Big Fun (Columbia, 1974)
  • Get Up with It (Columbia, 1974)
  • (Columbia, 1974)
  • Agharta (Columbia, 1975)
  • Pangaea (Columbia, 1976)
  • The Man with the Horn (Columbia, 1981)
  • We Want Miles (Columbia, 1981)
  • (Columbia, 1983)
  • Decoy (Columbia, 1984)
  • You're Under Arrest (Columbia, 1985)
  • Amandla (Warner Bros., 1989)
  • (Columbia Legacy, 2015)

With Tommy Flanagan

  • The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (Progressive, 1981)
  • Giant Steps (, 1982)
  • Nights at the Vanguard (Uptown, 1986)

With

  • The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 1986) – recorded in 1985
  • An Evening with Joe Henderson (, 1987)
  • So Near, So Far (Verve, 1993)

With

  • Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1976) – recorded in 1975
  • Lover Man (SteepleChase, 1979) – recorded in 1975

With

  • Light'n Up, Please! (Horizon, 1976)
  • Pendulum (Artists House, 1978)

With

  • The Thing to Do (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Down with It! (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Heads Up! (Blue Note, 1967)

With Frank Morgan

  • Yardbird Suite (Contemporary, 1988)
  • Reflections (Contemporary, 1989)
  • Mood Indigo (Antilles, 1989)

With

  • New York Album (Galaxy, 1985) – recorded in 1979
  • So in Love (Artists House, 1979)

With

  • Brooklyn Brothers (Muse, 1973) – also with
  • Bird Gets the Worm (Muse, 1976)

With Chris Potter

  • Pure (, 1995) – recorded in 1994
  • Sundiata (Criss Cross Jazz, 1995) – recorded in 1993

With

  • Don't Ask (Milestone, 1979)
  • Love at First Sight (Milestone, 1980)
  • Here's to the People (Milestone, 1991)
  • Sonny Rollins + 3 (Milestone, 1995)

With

  • Horizon (Milestone, 1980) – recorded in 1979
  • Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980)
  • It's About Time with Jackie McLean (Blue Note, 1985)
  • New York Reunion (Chesky, 1991)
  • McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster (Telarc, 2000) – recorded in 1999
  • McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane (Impulse!, 2001) – recorded in 1997

With

With

  • A New Kind of Soul (LLP, 1970)
  • (Groove Merchant, 1973)
  • My Funny Valentine (Jazz City, 1988)
  • The Big Push (HighNote, 2006)

With

  • The Vanguard Date with Ron Carter (Sunnyside/E1, 1986)
  • Life's Magic with Ron Carter (Sunnyside/E1, 1986)
  • Seasons of Romance (Postcards, 1995)
  • Live at Birdland with Ron Carter (Blue Note, 2006)

With others

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