Earl Fuller

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the US middle-distance runner, see Earl Fuller (track and field athlete) .

Earl Fuller's first record
"Cold Turkey" (Columbia)

Joseph Samuel “Earl” Fuller (* 1885 in Cincinnati ; † August 19, 1947 there ) was an American ragtime and jazz pianist and band leader .

Live and act

Fuller began his career as a ragtime pianist in his hometown of Cincinnati and then moved to New York City to lead his own dance orchestra. As Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band he made his first recordings with clarinetist Ted Lewis for Victor Records ( Lill 'Liza Jane, Ya De Dah and Beale Street Blues ). The Victor label tried to capitalize on the success of the original Dixieland Jazz Band's first record , which was released in February 1917. Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Bandbelonged to the popular dance bands of this era; The band also played Walter Kahn (cornet), Harry Raderman (trombone) and John Lucas (drums), who later formed the core of the Ted Lewis Orchestra .

Also in 1917 Fuller played under the band name Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra (with which he appeared in the Rector's Restaurant ) 29 titles for Columbia , including the 12th Street Rag . In 1920 two more record pages followed for Pathé . After his success waned, he returned to his hometown, where he performed with his own formations until his death in August 1947.

Discographic notes

• Classic Jazz Masters, New York Jazz Scene, 1917-1920 ( Riverside Records )

Web links

• Earl Fuller at Project Gutenberg
• Tim Gracyk, Frank W. Hoffmann: Popular American recording pioneers, 1895-1925

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Earl Fuller at Discogs (English)
2. ^ Charles Delaunay : Hot discographie encyclopedique 1952 Volume 3 (El-He) . Paris, Éditions Jazz Disques, 1952.