Al Foster, whose superbly alert and flexible drumming formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years, propelling bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and many others, died on ...

Al Foster, the jazz drummer who performed in groundbreaking bands with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins, has died. He was 82. Foster’s partner Bonnie Rose Steinberg told NPR in a ...

Al Foster, drummer for Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, has died By Nate Chinen Published May 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM PDT Andre Clergeat ...

Jazz drummer Al Foster, photographed in Paris in 1980. Al Foster, whose superbly alert and flexible drumming formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years, propelling bands led by ...

"I'm getting old," he admitted a few years ago, in an interview with his fellow drummer Joe Farnsworth for DownBeat magazine. "You know, I am not as fast as I used to be. But it's more fresh ideas.