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Alex Foster (musician)

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Associated acts
  
Role
  
Musical Artist


Name
  
Alex Foster

Years active
  
1973–present

Genres
  
Jazz, Avant-garde jazz

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Born
  
May 10, 1953 (age 70) (
1953-05-10
)

Instruments
  
Alto saxophoneTenor saxophone

Similar People
  
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Alex Foster (born May 10, 1953) is an American jazz musician who plays alto and tenor saxophone. He has recorded for record labels since the early 1970s. He is known for playing alto sax in the Saturday Night Live house band. He is also the musical director for the Mingus Big Band (which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005), Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty.

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Discography

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  • 1977: Transaxdrum (Finite)
  • 1991: Beginnings: Goodbye (Big World)
  • 1995: The News (Jazzline) with Kirk Lightsey, Tony Lakatos, George Mraz
  • 1997: Pool of Dreams (Truspace) with Michael Wolff

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    References

    Alex Foster (musician) Wikipedia