Al Foster (1943-2025) In Memoriam

All About Jazz: You played with Miles Davis before and after his hiatus. Was there any noticeable change in Miles’ approach when he came back or was it basically that he picked up where he left off?
Al Foster: I never cared for what I did with him in the ’70s. I was a jazz drummer and I thought when he asked me to join the band I thought it was jazz. But who’s gonna turn down a job with Miles Davis? He told me to check out Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown. So I started buying some of those records just to practice on ‘em. But Miles was still playing jazz. I could hear him, playing what he played on «Tune Up.»

Al Foster In Memoriam

Cita tomada de la entrevista a Al Foster en All About Jazz por Terrell Kent Holmes en 2009. Fotografía de Joan Cortès tomada el 8 de mayo de 2012 en Auditori de la Pedrera (Barcelona), durante una actuación con Albert Sanz y Javier Colina

Cita: © Terrell Kent Holmes / All About Jazz, 2009
Fotografía: © Joan Cortès, 2025

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