Rodney Foster, Jr.

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Rodney is a Columbia, SC based musician and leader of Rod Foster & Company. As a son of musicians and singers, he began playing bass at the age of 12. He studied and grew in the craft while studying and playing at his home church, Bethlehem Baptist Church - College Place. After that, his interests grew beyond Gospel to different genres such as Jazz, R&B, and Rock. He has been playing professionally locally and regionally for over 15 years. He is a graduate of Winthrop University and Southern Wesleyan University. He is currently the leader of the house band at Chayz Lounge, a high school business education teacher at Ridge View High School, on the advisory board for Cola Jazz, the Musical Director for South Carolina ETV’s television series Solbird Sessions, and a backing musician for many Columbia based bands. Rodney is also a husband and proud father of four. 

NOTABLE GIGS: Rod Foster & Company currently serves as the house band at Chayz Lounge, they were a featured act at the 2020 SC Jazz festival, 2021 ColaJazz fest headlined by Wynton Marsalis, the 2022 ColaJazz fest headlined by Aimee Nolte and Carl Allen, and 2023 Jubilee Festival,2023 Meeting St Fest-with Mel'isa Morgan, 2025 Hilton Head Jazz Festival. They have backed countless regional and national acts, including Tweet, Mike Phillips, Chante Cann, JWhite, Willie Bradley, Marcus Adams, Jeff Bradshaw, Adam Hawley, Martha High, Althea Rene, Janette Harris, Marqueal Jordan, Melba Moore, T.C Carson, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and the South Carolina Ballet: Motown; Studio 54.