Official launch of TonyFosterMusic.com! June 13, 2008
Welcome to the place where fans and friends of Tony Foster can find background info, upcoming performance info, hear great music, keep in touch, and even blog! Add your email to the form on the left to get updates!
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).
