Pops Foster

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Pops Foster
String bass, Tuba, Trumpet

George Murphy "Pops" Foster (May 19, 1892 – October 30, 1969)

string bass
. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally.

Biography

Foster was born to Charley and Annie Foster, who "was nearly fullblooded

Donaldsonville in south Louisiana, United States.[3] 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.[3] Foster married twice: to Bertha Foster in 1912 and Alma Foster in 1936.[1]

Pops Foster was playing professionally by 1907 and worked with

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

Pleasant Joe on vocals).[5]

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.[3]

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."[6]

Gallery

  • Pops Foster with Ole South Band, New York City in February 1947
    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
    Pops Foster on string bass Fate Marable's New Orleans Band on the S. S. Sidney in 1918 or 1919
  • 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, Cecil Scott on clarinet and drummer Baby Dodds, is hidden
    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, Cecil Scott on clarinet and drummer Baby Dodds, is hidden

References

  1. ^ a b "Foster, George "Pops" 1892–1969". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  2. ISBN 0-87930-831-1
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-939-0
    .
  4. ^ Billboard, May 1, 1948. Google Books. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Price, Sammy (1995) What Do They Want?: A Jazz Autobiography, p. 105. Continuum International Publishing Group
  6. ^ The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazzman, as Told to Tom Stoddard By Pops Foster, Ross Russell, p. 1

Bibliography

  • "George Murphy 'Pops' Foster", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 1 (1988), p. 315
  • John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street (1972)

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