chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) if so why hasnt he put out a new albu since 1986? dont know much about him, thanks JUST ORDERED '''THE RACER''' his 1986 cd, got a projazz sampler with a track and it was awesome, then heard a song on youtube. had to have the original, its really groovin Edited November 27, 2011 by chewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Yes, he is still alive. He wrote a tune called "Fingerlero" for the new George Benson album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sometimes even performers take a breather. Look at Doris Day, she is topping British charts with her first album in 20 years. And, at 87, she's still got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Alive (which I'm not sure is a requirement for appearing on a George Benson album ;-) ). I caught him in his hometown of the past five years or more, Las Vegas, with IIRC, his son Chris on drums. First time I saw Foster there (2007? 2008?) was in some funky* place under the freeway. More recently, he's been in the second tier casinos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Man Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Who's Ronnie Foster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Who's Ronnie Foster? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Foster Have to say that I didn't know either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 There goes the whole "we're all Blue Note fetishists" meme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I think his Blue Note debut, The Two-Headed Freap, is a nice album ... but he preferred a career as a studio keyboarder to that on the B3 circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 There goes the whole "we're all Blue Note fetishists" meme. Well, I had heard of Freap, but I was not aware that he had at least 3 other BN albums (2 appear to be Japanese imports only, the 3rd never on CD). If Mosaic was still going strong with the Select series, maybe his BN recordings would be a good candidate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 A highly overrated (yet great) label. Blue Note's output was not uniformly notable. The worst of Blue Note could be a boxed set, but such talk is sacrilege. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Without suggesting that he made a career out of a short association with Blue Note, I'd note that it's still the cornerstone of every introduction I've heard in a newspaper or at a performance. (Being a Las Vegan also featured prominently in that locale.). Coincidentally, I picked up Freap in LV just before catching the mid-2000s concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 There goes the whole "we're all Blue Note fetishists" meme. If Mosaic was still going strong with the Select series, maybe his BN recordings would be a good candidate? Nah, I think a lot of his output could be prominently featured in Chris' Worst of Blue Note box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'm still working on figuring out the Freep Mystique myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'm still working on figuring out the Freep Mystique myself. I think the attraction is centered on the word "freap." What is that? Freak + creep? Have no idea. Let alone "two-headed freap." Whatever it means, it compels interest in excess of musical value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piseElFZSuI check out a cut from the cd i just ordered, its so killin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piseElFZSuI check out a cut from the cd i just ordered, its so killin!! You're way ahead of me. You do great Bird (right!), great Warne Marsh (right!). Now you do this (???). Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piseElFZSuI check out a cut from the cd i just ordered, its so killin!! Yeah, it's killin' alright. It's killin' me! 80's drum sound, cheesy synths, horrible bass... what the hell is there to like in this? Sounds like Mannheim Steamroller on acid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkey Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Ronnie's not only alive, he even is on Facebook! I had the privilege of being 'friends' with him before FB locked my account for no reason and requested an ID scan to lift the ban - hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piseElFZSuI check out a cut from the cd i just ordered, its so killin!! Yeah, it's killin' alright. It's killin' me! 80's drum sound, cheesy synths, horrible bass... what the hell is there to like in this? Sounds like Mannheim Steamroller on acid. The jazz Rickroll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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