Jazz Articles about Lorraine Foster

Lorraine Foster: Eyeing Cross-Border Prospects

by Fradley Garner
January 30, 2008

Lorraine Foster, a veteran vocalist with a growing reputation as Canada's first lady of jazz, would like to sing south of the border. Ella Fitzgerald was Foster's first vocal idol and spark for a career choice in her late teens. Decades later, another icon has inspired concerts and a CD: Rosemary Clooney.

Foster hitched her vocal wagon to the departed star with special concerts and a trio-backed album called Remembering Rosie: A Tribute to Rosemary Clooney ...