[78-L] Earl Fuller

[Han Enderman]

It is not too difficult to find some info on Rookmaaker, since it is in Wikipedia (!).
However, I am very surprised that the English wiki omits any reference to his jazz interests,
while the Dutch wiki does in a very different article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rookmaaker 
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rookmaaker

Googling Rookmaaker + jazz will find enough, like this bio:
http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/rookmaakerh.htm
which says:
"Like his father Rookmaaker was an avid Jazz enthusiast. In 1960 he published the book Jazz, Blues, Spirituals. 
In 1961 he traveled to the USA and Canada on a grant from the Dutch government to study methodologies of art education at Boston University and various colleges in New York State. 
During this trip his contact with black music and in particular his meeting with Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) made a deep impression on him."
I remember that the book discusses the influence of early white hymn books on the development of the negro spirituals in the 19th century.

Ca.1960 Rookmaker produced an important series of LPs (titled "Classic Jazz Masters) 
& EPs (titled "Treasures of Borth-American Negro Music" on Fontana) for Dutch Philips, 
with early (usually black) jazz and he wrote the notes himself. 
The first LP in the CJM series was Riverside RM 8801, and it included the first 2 Fuller titles 
to be issued in a very long time 
(this LP series had  reincarnations on many cheap labels like Pierre Cardin & Music Parade).
Probably Rookmaaker got the 78 record from Dutch jazz collector Schoondergang.
For the sleeve see:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LP-V-A-New-York-Jazz-Scene-1917-1920-RIVERSIDE-/360397035572?pt=B%C3%BCcher_Unterhaltung_Music_CDs&hash=item53e9565834#ht_2440wt_767
and for an EP (Morton with Dunn) see:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jelly-Roll-Morton-Treasures-of-North-American-Music-EP-/160994321257?pt=UK_Records&hash=item257c026369#ht_286wt_885
and here is another CJM item (Honky Tonk Piano) on a cheap reissue:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LP-Classic-Jazz-Masters-The-Original-Honky-Tonk-Piano-NM-Classic-Jazz-Masters-/300882108493?pt=B%C3%BCcher_Unterhaltung_Music_CDs&hash=item460df8a04d#ht_2367wt_1490

My wiki suggestions:
- remove the authorities.
- change prefix of the Riv LP to RM and add that the notes are by H.R. Rookmaaker.
- change, in the intro to the Discography, "beem" into "been."
- add a better label shot, which I can mail you. First pressings of Fuller's Co A-2298 have the printing date code FZ (June 1917). The preceding release is A-2297 by the ODJB.

han enderman
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There was not one thing right about Wikipedia's page about Earl Fuller. 
Some of you may say that this still true now that I have completely rewritten it, although I have left behind one aspect of the old page that I don't know what to do with. 
Nevertheless, here is the result:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Fuller

Uncle Dave Lewis
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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 have never seen this album and have never heard of either the late Dr. Rookmaaker and E. J. Schoondergang. 
I have no idea what their expertise 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 "eventually became 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
uncledavelewis at hotmail.com 
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