Buy it HERE first!-- Debut trio album In Between Moods
2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival presents Tony Foster's "Soul Jazz Project" Featuring saxophonist David Say
Monday June 28th, 12:00 noon @ Canada Place, Vancouver BC
Vancouver-based jazz pianist/composer Tony Foster’s “Soul Jazz Project” quartet plays in the grooving tradition of the great soul jazz artists of the ’60s, including legends like Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, and Eddie Harris. With the emphasis on cutting loose and having a good time, this group’s music is steeped in soul, and it’s all about the groove! Featuring the great Vancouver-based saxophonist David Say with Brent Gubbels bass and Joe Poole drums.
Tony Foster Trio: In Between Moods
An exciting combination of Tony Foster's originals and a couple classics from the American Songbook!
With terrific drumming from Joe Poole and the swinging support of Russ Botten on bass!
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Soul, Energy, Emotion!
Newsflash! 10/27/09: In Between Moods Debuts at #48 on The JazzWeek Charts Next week!
Look Who is #2 on Canada's Chart Attack Jazz & Blues Chart This Week: Tony Foster's "In Between Moods"
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Lombardi's Live @ Lombardi's in Seattle Dec. 11 & 12, 8pm-11pm
Ballard's newest live music happenning.
Intimate jazz groups communing with NW Seattle's Nightlife.
Every Friday and Saturday, experience the best of Pony Boy Jazz, without a cover charge. Join us for dinner, drinks, and music from 8:00 – 11:00.
A small plates menu and cocktails available from 9:00 – 12:00.
2200 NW Market St, Seattle, WA - ph: 206.324.3372
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Tribute to Milt "Bags" Jackson! Nov. 20th & 21st 9pm @ O'Douls Restaurant & Bar, Vancouver BC
All aboard! The Jazz Cruise sets sail Nov. 8th-15th from Ft. Lauderdale Florida
CD Release Party 7:30pm October 15th @ Silk Purse, West Vancouver!
Kirkland Uncorked! Saturday July 18th w/ Carolyn Graye Quartet
Tony Foster Trio for 3 nights @ Vancouver jazz spot!
Come down and hear Tony with Joe Poole on drums and Brent Gubbels on bass for 3 nights at O'doul's Restaurant & Bar on Robson Street in Vancouver Canada!...Thursday May 28th-Saturday May 30th from 9pm - 12am!...Tony will have a few copies "hot off the presses" if you'd like to purchase his new CD entitled "In Between Moods"!
Tribute to Duke Ellington in West Vancouver @ The Silk Purse, Thursday May 28th
Join Tony with vocalist Dee Daniels with Russ Botten on bass at the Silk Purse in West Vancouver...7:30pm!
Italia/France adventures April/May 2009....
Just returned from adventures in Torino Italy and Nice, France....be sure to check out the galleries section to see new photos......currently developing a new project featuring Joe Poole on drums, Sean Cronin on bass, myself, and Dimitry Shapko...all i can say is---LOOK OUT!
Pictured at left, myself at the piano, Linus Olsson on guitar, Gigi DiGregorio saxophone, Sean Cronin on bass, Dimitry Shapko saxophone, Joe Poole drums. (photo by Maerta Wydler @ Moods Music Bar, Monte Carlo, Monaco)
April 4th and 10th @ El Gaucho with Trish Hatley and Larry Holloway
Come down to El Gaucho in Bellevue Washington for some of the best steak around!
With vocalist Trish Hatley and Larry Holloway on bass.
Danderfer/Weeds Quintet @ Jazz Cellar, Sunday March 29th brunch 12:30pm!
You can enjoy a Sunday brunch over some cooool jazz sounds at the Cellar in Vancouver with club owner Cory Weeds on saxophone, James Danderfer on clarinet, Russ Botten on bass, Joe Poole on drums, and myself at the piano! Come on down! doors 11:30, show 12:30
Cory Weeds trio @ O'Doul's Restaurant Vancouver BC, February 19th-21st
Join us from 9pm-12am for three nights of music with Vancouver's own jazzclub owner and saxophonist Cory Weeds and bassist Doug Stephenson!
Vocalist Trish Hatley @ El Gaucho Restaurant, Bellevue, Washington--Feb. 13th & 14th 2009
Come join us at the new El Gaucho restaurant in Bellevue Washington with chanteuse Trish Hatley and Larry Holloway on bass! Music from 7:30pm-11:30pm!
New PROJECTS section--check out IDENTIFY !
I've updated my site with a new PROJECTS section to highlight other projects I'm a part of, including my live electronic project IDENTIFY which was formed in 2002 with Russian saxophonist Dimitry Shapko and drummer Joe Poole. YOu can now hear a smattering of tracks we produced as well as check out some small video clips of us from various live performances in Europe!
Tribute to Legendary Cannonball Adderley, Victoria BC
Thursday January 22nd!
If you are in the Victoria area, stop by Hermann's Jazz Club for an exciting night of music featuring Roy Styffe as we pay tribute to the legendary Cannonball Adderley and his music!
Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday with Dee Daniels,
Friday January 23rd, Victoria BC
Join us in Victoria BC on Friday the 23rd of January at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. at 8 p.m. For tickets to the show call the McPherson box office at 250-386-6121.
This concert will also feature guest dancers from Victoria’s own Canadian Pacific Ballet, and the Alix Goolden Hall will be transformed into a 1940s New York Nightclub for the show.
With Russ Botten, bass, Dave Robbins on drums
We'll be performing selected songs by legendary singers Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald!!!
Trio LIVE @ O'Doul's Wine Bar,
Vancouver, BC December 18,19,20--9pm!
Come down and join Tony and his trio at O'Doul's where they will be working through a mixture of his original compositions and some classics from the American Songbook. With Joe Poole on drums, Russ Botten on bass on the 18th, and Adam Thomas on bass on the 19th &20th.
Adventures on the Cote d'Azur!...Nice, France!!! Sept 2008
pictured below:
Russ Botten,bass; Dimitry Shapko, sax; Laurent Sarrien, drums; Tony Foster, piano
The gang from Shapko Bar in Vieux Nice, France!...Dimitry Shapko (sax), drummer Laurent Sarrien, bassist Russ Botten, Mademoiselle Katja Shapko, and Mademoiselle Margit!
Saxophonist Dimitry Shapko
Live in Bern Switzerland at Marians Jazzroom! Sept/2008
Just returned from a week-long stint at Marian's Jazzroom in Bern Switzerland with vocalist Dee Daniels and Vancouver bassist Russ Botten. Marians Jazzroom first opened its doors in December 1992 and has since gained a reputation as being one of the best Jazz clubs in the world. Marians Jazzroom is a concert club that presents two concerts daily (with the exception of Sunday and Monday) from September through the end of May each year.
EUROPEAN TOUR September 14th-October 1st, 2008
Tony will travel to Switzerland and France this month....he will be performing with vocalist Dee Daniels in Bern Switzerland at Marian's Jazzroom, and then flying to Nice France to meet up with Russian-born saxophonist Dimitry Shapko.
Every Wednesday in August, solo piano on Robson Street in Vancouver!
Each Wednesday in August (6th,13th,20,27th), feel free to drop into O'Doul's Restaurant & Bar to hear Tony performing solo piano!...From 9pm to 12am, NO COVER CHARGE, and they have really great wine selections!
Russ Botten Trio featuring saxophonist Roy Styffe in Vancouver at O'Doul's Restaurant August 2nd, 2008
I'll be performing at O'doul's Restaurant once again on August 2nd as part of bassist Russ Botten's group. It will be a pleasure to be playing with a great saxophonist by the name of Roy Styffe. Roy currently lives and works around the Victoria, BC area, but has spent a great deal of time in the Toronto area playing and recording with a who's-who of Canadian jazz legends!...also performing will be swingin' Vancouver drummer Jesse Cahill.
Tony Foster Trio Live @ O'Doul's in Vancouver July 10-12
The trio will be performing from 9pm-12am Thursday July 10th through Saturday July 12th at one of Western Canada's most dedicated jazz venues- O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar on Vancouver's bustling and ever-popular Robson Street. At the drums will be Joe Poole and Russ Botten on bass on the 10th, and Brent Gubbels on bass July 11th and 12th.
'Jazzinit' comes to Vancouver, BC on June 26th, 2008...
Tony will perform with vocalist Dee Daniels (pictured right) at this year's Vancouver International Jazz Festival at the Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Vancouver, Canada!...They will be performing selections from the 2007-chart-topping CD entitled 'Jazzinit'. With Seattle-based drummer Greg Williamson and Russ Botten on bass.
In production--debut CD release of Tony Foster..STAY TUNED!
Work is ongoing for a debut CD, with preparations being made for the album artwork and final mastering. Stay tuned for updates, which you can of course find RIGHT HERE!....estimated release: August 2008!
A visit to an elementary school in Torino, Italy!
March 2008
While in Torino, Italy, Joe Poole and I had the pleasure to visit an elementary school where one of our hosts Ms. Rosanna Carrera is a teacher. The particular class we visited and performed for happened to be a music class which READ MORE
Adventures in Torino!...with Italian saxophonist Gigi DiGregorio
Had an amazing trip to Torino, Italy at the end of March where I got a chance to meet and play with Italian saxophonist Gigi DiGregorio! READ MORE
France-Italy Tour Spring 2008
Tony travelled to the south of France with Vancouver drummer Joe Poole to reunite with Russian saxophonist Dimitry Shapko in Nice, France. In addition to... READ MORE
2008 Lionel Hampton Jazz Fest. w/ Dee Daniels... Feb. 22/08
Tony travelled to Moscow, Idaho to perform with vocalist Dee Daniels....this year's festival, as always, featured some of the biggest and best names in jazz...and I had the great pleasure of performing with drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist Peter Washington (who has played with everybody, and is bassist in the Bill Charlap trio)!...I've been a big fan of Hamilton ever since hearing him with the Ray Brown trio, Monty Alexander, and Oscar Peterson....it was definitely a thrill to play with him, as well as with Peter!
2007 Festival Internacional de Jazz del Teatro Libre de Bogotá, Bogota Colombia!
Performed with Dee Daniels, Jon Wikan on drums (of Geoff Keezer trio), and Russ Botten on bass in Bogota Colombia as part of the international jazz festival there!..We performed to a full house at the Teatro Libre theatre (pictured right).
