MO FOSTER
Do yourself a favor and pick up Mo Foster & Friends In Concert, which its creator hails as “some of the very best musicianship that I’ve ever captured on one of my own recordings”. On the eve of release of the album, Mo takes time out to reflect with BPon his diverse portfolio, kicking off with a snapshot of life in Swinging London.
“In the mid-Sixties, you have to understand that there was jazz and then there was rock. They were two separate genres of music that had nothing to do with one another—at that time, there was no crossover. It wasn’t until a couple of albums by Miles Davis and Blood, Sweat & Tears that the artistic lines began to blur. Davis bought in electric piano and electric bass, which nobody had ever heard, let alone contemplated before.”
“At university we had a jazz trio. Linda [Hoyle, singer] was first introduced to us through our keyboard player, and we spent the summer of 1968 rehearsing. Our band Affinity was born, and we were immediately signed to a manager, Ronnie Scott. The project came as a result of
