New Orleans Jazz Museum - Traditional jazz bassist George "Pops" Foster passed away in San Francisco on this day in 1969 at age of 77. Foster was born in McCall, Louisiana in
![Pops Foster playing bass, 1938. Look at where the bridge is.... (Top post over on /r/jazz so you might have seen it already.) : r/doublebass Pops Foster playing bass, 1938. Look at where the bridge is.... (Top post over on /r/jazz so you might have seen it already.) : r/doublebass](https://external-preview.redd.it/kl45AbGUuu4vjg28djwKtQi_mFrVBaMawdTl_DIfZFg.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=33d262e19c4ec26750771eb4daa0f6ec3b4e15a8)
Pops Foster playing bass, 1938. Look at where the bridge is.... (Top post over on /r/jazz so you might have seen it already.) : r/doublebass
![The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man: Stoddard, Tom: 0073999792935: Amazon.com: Books The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man: Stoddard, Tom: 0073999792935: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51hh-kWcbiL._AC_SY780_.jpg)
The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man: Stoddard, Tom: 0073999792935: Amazon.com: Books
![George Foster, Spencer Williams, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse - George "Pops" Foster With Art Hodes - Amazon.com Music George Foster, Spencer Williams, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse - George "Pops" Foster With Art Hodes - Amazon.com Music](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51AjKWhLKIL._SY580_.jpg)