Jerry Fuller

The long career of clarinetist Jerry Fuller includes an intriguing series of recordings under his name, an extended collaboration with the great trombonist Jack Teagarden, and in Fuller's senior years participation in the prophetic Style Is Back in Style combo. Fuller's name if often linked with traditional Dixieland stylings -- for example, he was the longest-living member of the original Dukes Of Dixieland band -- but like fellow clarinetist Pee Wee Russell he is known for modernizing whatever context he plays in, importantly without creating discomfort for other members of the ensemble.



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