George Murphy "Pops" Foster was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally. Foster was born to Charley and Annie Foster on a plantation near McCall in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge in south Louisiana. His family moved to New Orleans when he was about ten years of age. His older brother, Willard Foster, began playing banjo and guitar; George started out on a cello then switched to string bass.

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  • George Murphy "Pops" Foster was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally. Foster was born to Charley and Annie Foster on a plantation near McCall in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge in south Louisiana. His family moved to New Orleans when he was about ten years of age. His older brother, Willard Foster, began playing banjo and guitar; George started out on a cello then switched to string bass. Foster married twice: to Bertha Foster in 1912 and Alma Foster in 1936. Pops Foster was playing professionally by 1907 and worked with Jack Carey, Kid Ory, Armand Piron, King Oliver and other prominent hot bands of the era. In 1921 he moved to St. Louis to play with the Charlie Creath and Dewey Jackson bands, in which he would be active for much of the decade. He also joined Ory in 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 New York City, where he played with the bands of Luis Russell and Louis Armstrong through 1940. He giged with various New York-based bands through the 1940s, including those of Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes, and regular broadcasts on the national This Is Jazz radio program. 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. In 1952, Foster toured Europe with Jimmy Archey's Band. He played regularly at Central Plaza in New York and briefly in New Orleans with Papa Celestin in 1954. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he played with Earl Hines' Small Band. In 1966, he toured Europe with the New Orleans All-Stars but remained based in San Francisco, where he died. The Autobiography of Pops Foster was published in 1971, with a new edition in 2005 ISBN 0-87930-831-1 (alk. paper). The book is not known for great accuracy when some anecdotes are compared to other sources.
  • George Murphy Foster, genannt Pops Foster, war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Bassist des New Orleans Jazz. Er spielte auch Tuba und Trompete. Foster gilt als erster bedeutender Bassist des Jazz.
  • George Murphy Foster (dit Pops) était un contrebassiste américain de jazz né à McCall en Louisiane en 1892 et mort en 1969.
  • Fu uno dei primi grandi contrabbassisti del jazz. Suonava anche tromba e tuba e partecipò allo sviluppo del jazz di New Orleans fin dal 1906. Negli anni '20 suonò con Fate Marable, Kid Ory e King Oliver. Nel 1928 emigrò a New York, dove si unì a Luis Russell, un importante bandleader, la cui big band era una sorta di anello di congiunzione tra stile hot e lo swing degli anni '30. Fu membro dell'orchestra di Russell fino al 1940. In seguito partecipò a incisioni del revival del jazz tradizionale con Sidney Bechet, Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, Earl Hines e Elmer Snowden.
  • George Murphy Foster, vrijwel uitsluitend bekend als Pops Foster, was een Amerikaans jazzmuzikant, vooral bekend als contrabassist. Hij speelde echter ook tuba en trompet. Foster werd geboren op een plantage McCall. Zijn familie verhuisde naar New Orleans toen hij een jaar of tien was. Zijn oudere broer Willard speelde banjo en gitaar, en George begon met cello, en stapte later over op contrabas. Rond 1907 was Pops Foster professioneel muzikant, en hij werkte met Jack Carey, Kid Ory, Armand Piron, King Oliver en andere belangrijke bands uit die tijd. Toen hij in 1921 naar Saint Louis (Missouri) verhuisde, speelde hij met de bands van Charlie Creath en Dewey Jackson, waar hij dat hele decennium zou spelen, afgezien van een korte tijd met Kid Ory in Los Angeles. In 1929 vertrok Foster naar New York City, waar hij tot 1940 zou spelen met Luis Russell en Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet en Art Hodes. Daarnaast was hij vaak op de radio te horen, in het programma "This is Jazz". Eind jaren 40 tourde hij door de VS en Europa, hij speelde vooral in Frankrijk. Hij woonde tenslotte in San Francisco, waar hij ook stierf.
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  • George Murphy "Pops" Foster was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally. Foster was born to Charley and Annie Foster on a plantation near McCall in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge in south Louisiana. His family moved to New Orleans when he was about ten years of age. His older brother, Willard Foster, began playing banjo and guitar; George started out on a cello then switched to string bass.
  • George Murphy Foster, genannt Pops Foster, war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Bassist des New Orleans Jazz. Er spielte auch Tuba und Trompete. Foster gilt als erster bedeutender Bassist des Jazz.
  • George Murphy Foster (dit Pops) était un contrebassiste américain de jazz né à McCall en Louisiane en 1892 et mort en 1969.
  • Fu uno dei primi grandi contrabbassisti del jazz. Suonava anche tromba e tuba e partecipò allo sviluppo del jazz di New Orleans fin dal 1906. Negli anni '20 suonò con Fate Marable, Kid Ory e King Oliver. Nel 1928 emigrò a New York, dove si unì a Luis Russell, un importante bandleader, la cui big band era una sorta di anello di congiunzione tra stile hot e lo swing degli anni '30. Fu membro dell'orchestra di Russell fino al 1940.
  • George Murphy Foster, vrijwel uitsluitend bekend als Pops Foster, was een Amerikaans jazzmuzikant, vooral bekend als contrabassist. Hij speelde echter ook tuba en trompet. Foster werd geboren op een plantage McCall. Zijn familie verhuisde naar New Orleans toen hij een jaar of tien was. Zijn oudere broer Willard speelde banjo en gitaar, en George begon met cello, en stapte later over op contrabas.
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