Foster was born in Buffalo, New York, on May 12, 1950.[1] He attended Public School 8, Woodlawn Jr. High for a year, McKinley Vocational High School for two years, and then spent his final year at Lafayette High School.[2] The only formal musical instruction he received was a month of accordion lessons.[2] He was attracted to music at the age of four, took it more seriously from his early teens, and had his first professional gig aged fifteen, playing in a strip club.[2]
ronnie, foster, other, people, named, foster, foster, disambiguation, born, 1950, american, funk, soul, jazz, organist, record, producer, albums, recorded, blue, note, records, 1970s, have, gained, cult, following, after, emergence, acid, jazz, born, 1950, 195. For other people named Ron Foster see Ron Foster disambiguation Ronnie Foster born May 12 1950 is an American funk and soul jazz organist and record producer His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s have gained a cult following after the emergence of acid jazz 1 Ronnie FosterBorn 1950 05 12 May 12 1950 age 73 Buffalo New York U S GenresJazz jazz fusion smooth jazzOccupation s Musician composer arranger producerInstrument s Organ electric piano acoustic piano synthesizerYears active1970 presentLabelsBlue Note Columbia Contents 1 Early life 2 Later life and career 3 Discography 3 1 As leader 3 2 As sideman 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditFoster was born in Buffalo New York on May 12 1950 1 He attended Public School 8 Woodlawn Jr High for a year McKinley Vocational High School for two years and then spent his final year at Lafayette High School 2 The only formal musical instruction he received was a month of accordion lessons 2 He was attracted to music at the age of four took it more seriously from his early teens and had his first professional gig aged fifteen playing in a strip club 2 Later life and career EditFoster initially performed with other local musicians 2 He moved to New York City with his own band and acquired a publishing company 2 Foster has performed as a sideman with a wide range of musicians 1 He frequently worked with guitarist George Benson 1 including playing on the guitarist s album Breezin 3 Foster has also played organ with Grant Green Grover Washington Jr Stanley Turrentine Roberta Flack Earl Klugh Harvey Mason Jimmy Smith and Stevie Wonder 1 He is also a record producer 1 Ronnie Foster s song Mystic Brew was sampled in Electric Relaxation by A Tribe Called Quest as well as later in J Cole s song Forbidden Fruit Later in 2016 J Cole confirmed that the song Mystic Brew was reversed pitched and slowed down in the song Neighbors as well as the instrumental of Forbidden Fruit Discography EditAs leader Edit Recording date Title Label Year released Notes1972 01 Two Headed Freap Blue Note 19721972 12 Sweet Revival Blue Note 19731973 07 Live at Montreux Blue Note 1974 Live1974 04 1974 05 On the Avenue Blue Note 19741975 03 Cheshire Cat Blue Note 19751978 Love Satellite Columbia 19781979 Delight Columbia 19791985 The Racer Pro Jazz 19862022 Reboot Blue Note 2022As sideman Edit With George Benson Good King Bad CTI 1976 rec 1975 In Concert Carnegie Hall CTI 1976 live rec 1975 Breezin Warner Bros 1976 In Flight Warner Bros 1977 Weekend in L A Warner Bros 1978 live rec 1977 Livin Inside Your Love Warner Bros 1979 With Chayanne Chayanne CBS 1987 Chayanne CBS 1988 With Grant Green Alive Blue Note 1970 live Live at Club Mozambique Blue Note 2006 rec 1971 With others Chet Atkins Street Dreams Columbia 1986 The Jacksons Triumph Epic 1980 Robbie Robertson Storyville Geffen 1991 Stanley Turrentine Wonderland Blue Note 1987 rec 1986 Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life Tamla 1976 Grover Washington Jr Time Out of Mind Columbia 1989 References Edit a b c d e f Erlewine Stephen Thomas Ronnie Foster Biography AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved May 31 2020 a b c d e Osborn John December 1974 Ronnie Foster Buffalo Jazz Report No 10 pp 1 2 Mazzone Tom May 1976 George Benson Breezin Warner Bros BS 2919 Buffalo Jazz Report No 27 p 5 External links EditRonnie Foster discography at Discogs Ronnie Foster at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ronnie Foster amp oldid 1170986391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
