[78-L] Earl Fuller

[David Lewis]

Ronald L'Herault wrote: So What part did you leave behind? >>>This thing:  ==Authorities==Two authorities on Earl Fuller are the late Dr. Hans R. Rookmaaker and E. J. Schoondergang. >>> This is footnoted to the liner notes of an LP, Riverside LP-8801 "Classic Jazz Masters: The New York Jazz Scene 1917-1920." I havenever seen this album and have never heard of either the late Dr. Rookmaaker and E. J. Schoondergang. I have no idea what theirexpertise was in Earl Fuller and would gladly love to know. Nevertheless, it was added by an earlier editor and I do not have sufficient basis to challenge it, even though it tells us nothing about Earl Fuller. I have never seen the word "Authorities" used asa header in Wikipedia and there are guidelines for that, so I may be able to challenge it on that stead. The main thing I was hoping to fix was that old article, which was only three lines long, stated that the Fuller orchestra "eventuallybecame the popular Ted Lewis Jazz Band," which superficially doesn't look wrong, but is. The nucleus of the Lewis Band existed before Fuller hired it in, and resumed much as before after they parted company. It was after Georg Brunies joined that the sound ofthe band finally began to change in a substantive way. I visited Earl Fuller's grave today, which is located ten miles from where I sit, and learned that the birth year implied on his deathcertificate is 12 years off. So I changed the article accordingly.    Uncle Dave Lewis
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