The Loud Minority Explained

The Loud Minority
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Frank Foster
Cover:	The Loud Minority.jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	1972 Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:16
Label:	Mainstream MRL 349
Producer:	Bob Shad
Chronology:	Frank Foster
Prev Title:	Manhattan Fever
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Here and Now
Next Year:	1976

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

Reception

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

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

• • • 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

Notes and References

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