The Loud Minority

1972 studio album by Frank Foster

The Loud Minority

Studio album by

Frank Foster

Released| 1972
Recorded| 1972
Los Angeles, CA
Genre| Jazz
Length| 41:16
Label| Mainstream
MRL 349
Producer| Bob Shad
Frank Foster chronology
| Manhattan Fever
(1968)  | The Loud Minority
(1972)  | Here and Now
(1976)

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The Loud Minority is an album by American saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1972 for the Mainstream label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Foster assembled a giant of a big band featuring dual instrumentation all around, including keyboards, basses, and drummers to power a horn section chock-full of the best mainstream jazz and progressive players of the day... a band that knows no bounds or limits, at its core a mighty modern jazz orchestra removed from Foster's work with the Count Basie band".[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Frank Foster

1. "The Loud Minority" – 14:33
2. "Requiem for Dusty" – 6:12
3. "J.P.'s Thing" – 11:43
4. "E.W. – Beautiful People" – 8:48

## Personnel

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* Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto clarinet
* Kenny Rodgers – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
* Cecil Bridgewater, Charles McGee – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Marvin Peterson – trumpet
* Dick Griffin – trombone
* Earl Dunbar – guitar
* Stanley Clarke, Gene Perla – bass guitar
* Harold Mabern, Jan Hammer – piano, electric piano
* Richard Pratt, Omar Clay – drums
* Elvin Jones – drums, percussion
* Airto Moreira – percussion
* Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals

## References

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1. ^ Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Discography of the Mainstream Label (Preview), accessed November 13, 2014
2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed November 13, 2014

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Frank Foster

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Albums|

* Hope Meets Foster (1955)
* No 'Count (1956)
* Fearless Frank Foster (1965)
* Soul Outing! (1966)
* Manhattan Fever (1968)
* The Loud Minority (1972)
* The House That Love Built (1982)
* Two for the Blues (with Frank Wess, 1983)
* Frankly Speaking (1984)
* Generations (with Pepper Adams, 1985)
* Leo Rising (1996)

Related articles|

* Count Basie Orchestra

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.

As leader|

* Afro Blue (1974)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater (Atlantic, 1976)
* Just Family (1977)
* Bad for Me (released 1979)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater (Elektra, 1980)
* Live in Paris (1986)
* Victim of Love (released 1989)
* In Montreux (1990)
* Keeping Tradition (1992)
* Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (1994)
* Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996)
* Dear Ella (1997)
* Live at Yoshi's (1998)
* This Is New (2001)
* J'ai deux amours (2005)
* Red Earth (2006)
* Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater (2009)
* Dee Dee's Feathers (2015)
* Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready (2016)

Compilations|

* Midnight Sun (released 2011)

With others|

* Children of Forever (Stanley Clarke, 1972)
* The Loud Minority (Frank Foster, 1972)
* Black Love (1974)
* Mutima (Cecil McBee, 1974)
* Conversations with Christian (Christian McBride, released 2011)
* Genesis (Charles Sullivan, 1974)
* Lean on Him (Buddy Terry, 1972)

Soundtracks|

* Coffy (Roy Ayers, 1973)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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