Foster, Pops, 1892-1969

LC control no.	n 94043133
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Foster, Pops, 1892-1969 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Foster, George, 1892-1969
Birth date	1892-05-18
Death date	1969-10-30
Affiliation	Gingersnaps (Musical group) Luis Russell Orchestra
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Double bassists
Found in	Bechet, S. Jazz classics [S] 195- : label (Pops Foster) OCLC 27399138 (hdg.: Foster, Pops, 1892-1969) Leadbelly. Vol. 5 [SR] 1994 : booklet (George "Pops" Foster; string bass player) African American National Biography, accessed January 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Foster, Pops; bassist, jazz musician; born 18 May 1892 near McCall, Louisiana, United States; began two residencies with the Charlie Creath Band in St. Louis (1921); traveled with Kid Ory to Los Angeles, where he may have taken part in the first instrumental recordings by a black jazz band, Ory's Creole Trumbone and Society Blues by Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper (1922); joined the Luis Russell Orchestra, which became Louis Armstrong's backup band in New York; made some of the first interracial jazz recordings, the Mound City Blue Blowers (1929); known as the most rhythmically spirited double bassist responsible for the double bass's supplanting the tuba as the jazz band's harmonic foundation (1930's); recorded with Luis Russell Orchestra and Sidney Bechet (1929-1934); played with Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton (1930's); died 30 October 1969 in San Francisco, California, United States)
Invalid LCCN	n 98054507