Musician

Al Foster

American jazz drummer

1943 - 2025

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His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Al Foster is the 984th most popular musician (up from 2,109th in 2024), the 5,133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,068th in 2019) and the 322nd most popular American Musician.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Al Foster ranks 984 out of 3,175. Before him are Ron McGovney, Selda Bağcan, Peter Winter, Fats Waller, Zoltán Kocsis, and Daevid Allen. After him are Duško Gojković, John Lewis, Rosalyn Tureck, Tuomas Holopainen, Sam Rivers, and Aphex Twin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Al Foster ranks 333. Before him are Michael Byrne, Tariq Ali, František Veselý, Larry Clark, Angelo Anquilletti, and Cornelia Froboess. After him are Gisela Hahn, Masayuki Uemura, Petar Skansi, Hwang Sok-yong, Kuniwo Nakamura, and Valerie Perrine. Among people deceased in 2025, Al Foster ranks 270. Before him are Richard Norton, Gholam Ali Rashid, Jaime Rodríguez, Susan Brownmiller, Bernard Lacombe, and Shigeo Nagashima. After him are Diogo Jota, L. J. Smith, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Manolo el del bombo, Manoj Kumar, and Sırrı Süreyya Önder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Foster ranks 5,133 out of NaN. Before him are David Patrick Kelly (1951), Thomas Haden Church (1960), Tommy Gunn (1967), Joe Keery (1992), Ken Huszagh (1891), and Walton Walker (1889). After him are Jonathan Littell (1967), Renée Taylor (1933), Stephen Cook (1939), Robert McKee (1941), Alan Lomax (1915), and Grace Bumbry (1937).

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Among Musicians In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Al Foster ranks 322. Before him are Jeff Hanneman (1964), Eric Dolphy (1928), Jerry Garcia (1942), Steve Jordan (1957), Ron McGovney (1962), and Fats Waller (1904). After him are John Lewis (1920), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Sam Rivers (1923), Charlie Christian (1916), Al Jardine (1942), and Corey Taylor (1973).

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