Tony Foster

Jazz pianist and composer Tony Foster was born and raised in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. His debut trio album "In Between Moods" was released in 2009 and charted in the top 50 for jazz radio in North America and has received many rave reviews. He received his initial musical training early on, in the form of classical piano lessons privately. In school bands, his main instrument became the trumpet. His studies on the trumpet continued until college, and it was not until this time that his focus changed to piano. After playing with various university ensembles on the piano (highlighted by performances with guests such as jazz saxophone legend Phil Woods), Foster participated in a residency at the Banff Jazz Workshop in 2000 where he studied and performed with notable jazz artists including saxophonist David Liebman, multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson, pianist Kenny Werner, and bassist Ray Drummond. Foster has also performed as a special guest accompanist for Vancouver-based jazz vocalist Dee Daniels along with the Vancouver Symphony at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver. In addition to performing with his own groups, Foster has been featured numerous times at Vancouver’s annu... more...