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

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".

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

References


The Loud Minority

ラウドマイノリティー LOUD MINORITY YOZIGENZ

The Loud Minority by Daniel Q. Gillion

The Loud Minority Princeton University Press

The Loud Minority Princeton University Press