• trifold digipak edition

Approaching 80 years of age is occasion enough for anyone to take a moment and look back on a life well lived. For legendary drummer Al Foster, those eight decades have been more memorable than most, filled with exhilarating sounds and encounters with some of the music’s most iconic legends. On REFLECTIONS, Foster revisits the work of several of those peers alongside an inspiring quintet of all-stars: Nicholas Payton, Chris Potter, Kevin Hays, and Vicente Archer.

PERSONNEL:

• Al Foster - (drums)
• Nicholas Payton - (trumpet)
• Chris Potter - (tenor & soprano sax)
• Kevin Hays - (piano)
• Vincent Archer - (bass)

TRACKS:

• 01 T.S. Monk
• 02 Beat
• 03 Anastasia
• 04 Six
• 05 Open Plans
• 06 Monk's Bossa
• 07 Pent-Up House
• 08 Blues on the Corner
• 09 Alone and I
• 10 Punjab
• 11 Half Nelson