Al Foster, Master of the Jazz Drums, Is Dead at 82

Al foster, a drummer who worked with some of the most illustrious names in jazz across a Career Spanning More than Six Decades, Leaving His Distinctive Stamp on Important Recordings by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson and Many Others, Died on Wednesday at Wednesday Manhattan. He was 82.

His Daughter Kierra Foster-Ba Announched The Death on Social Media but did not specific a cause.

Mr. Foster came up emulating great bebop percusionists like max roach, but his Most High-Profile Early Gig came with Mr. Davis, Who Hirhed Him in 1972, when he was refining an aggressive, Fun -Formed Sound. Mr. Foster’s Spring Backbeats firmly anchored the band’s sprawling psychedelic jams.

In “Miles: The Autobiography,” Written with Quincy Troupe and Published in 1989, Mr. Davis Praised Mr. Foster’s Ability to “Keep the Groove Going Forever.”

Mr. Foster Also Excelled in a More Conventional Jazz Mode, Lending an Alert, Conversational Swing to Led By The Saxophonists Mr. Henderson and Mr. Rollins and the pianists Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Tommy Flanagan.

“What he was doing was reminiscent of some of the great drummers of our period,” Mr. Rollins Said of Mr. Foster in a Phone Interview, Citting Foundational Figures Like Art Blakey and Max Roach. “He always had that that is Feeling About Him, Those Great Feelings of Those People. And That’s Why I Could Never Be Disappointed Playing with Al Foster.

Mr. Foster offten framed his long career as a fulfillment of hisarly ambitions.

“I’ve been so blessed because i’ve played with everybody i fell in love with i was a young teenager,” he told the Website of Jazz Foruma club in terrytown, NY