American jazz musician and bandleader

Frank Foster

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American jazz musician and bandleader
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Record Labels
Awards Received
National Endowment for the Arts
Grammy Award
Grammy Award
For other persons named Frank Foster, see Frank Foster (disambiguation)

Frank Benjamin Foster III (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s. In 1998, Howard University awarded Frank Foster with the Benny Golson Jazz Master Award.