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Gary Foster

real name Norman Gary Foster

Gary Foster is credited on 217 albums across 544 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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217

Albums

544

Pressings

7

Decades active

254

In collections

Biography

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American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, born May 25, 1936 in Leavenworth, Kansas
Worked with Clare Fischer, Louis Bellson, Mike Barone, Ed Shaughnessy, Marty Paich, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Laurindo Almeida, Carmell Jones and others.

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Credited work

217 albums · 544 pressings · active 1963–2025

  • Performance · 844
  • Other credits · 250
  • Production · 7

Studios: The Burbank Studios · Capitol Studios · Sunset Sound · Paisley Park Studios

Discography

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