From the late 60's and his work with the classic Jazz/Rock band "Affinity" to the present day, electric bass player Mo Foster has established himself as a highly respected session musician, record producer, composer, solo artist and author. In his stellar career he has worked with the likes of Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Sting, Dusty Springfield and Geno Washington. In the studios he has performed on more than 400 albums for the likes of Gerry Rafferty, Brian May, Ringo Starr, Cher, Jose Carreras, Nigel Kennedy and Leo Sayer, and as a producer has worked on the albums of Dr John, Maria Muldaur and Gil Evans...
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From the late 60's and his work with the classic Jazz/Rock band "Affinity" to the present day, electric bass player Mo Foster has established himself as a highly respected session musician, record producer, composer, solo artist and author. In his stellar career he has worked with the likes of Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Sting, Dusty Springfield and Geno Washington. In the studios he has performed on more than 400 albums for the likes of Gerry Rafferty, Brian May, Ringo Starr, Cher, Jose Carreras, Nigel Kennedy and Leo Sayer, and as a producer has worked on the albums of Dr John, Maria Muldaur and Gil Evans. Mo has composed and produced hundreds of titles for the major Production Music Libraries, co-wrote with Ray Russell the instrumental ‘So Far Away’ as well as co-writing with Ringo Starr. And if all that wasn't enough Mo is also an author, his latest book “British Rock Guitar” being an amusing, anecdotal, semi-autobiographical description of rock’s early days in Britain. Mo is a recipient of a BASCA Gold Badge Award which honours those who have worked tirelessly to support the British songwriting and composing community. Tonight Mo will be bringing his ‘Music of the Great Jazz Composers’ Project to the Club with a programme featuring compositions from the likes of Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Gibbs and John Lewis. Here's Mo on the band: "When I toured with Gil Evans and his British Orchestra in 1983 his sound world left such a lasting impression that when I put together this new band in 2016, the sound I was aiming for was Gil Evans in Miniature: structured, with beautiful harmonies and melodies, and with room for great solos. I chose the players simply because they were the best, and amongst the finest jazz soloists in the country". And those players are: Ray Russell (Gil Evans, Mike Gibbs, Tina Turner)-guitarist/composer, Chris Biscoe (Mike Westbrook, George Russell, Hermeto Pascoal)-sax, Robin Aspland (Van Morrison, Curtis Stigers, Cleo Laine, Ronnie Scott)-keyboards and Nic France (Loose Tubes, David Gilmour, Bill Withers, Mose Alison)-drums (and special guest.Chris Haigh-violin). A truly special gig not to be missed…and watch out for a CD of the band due for release early next year.
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