title: The Loud Minority
text: # The Loud Minority
  
  The Loud Minority is an album by American saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1972 for the Mainstream label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  
  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
  
  * "The Loud Minority" – 14:33
  * "Requiem for Dusty" – 6:12
  * "J.P.'s Thing" – 11:43
  * "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
  