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About Jerry Fuller
Artist Biography
Although jazz drummer Jerry Fuller wasn't as renowned as some of his contemporaries, he's been heralded as one of the finest beat keepers to ever emerge from Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta on April 5, 1939, Fullerhailed from a musical family, as his father was a sax player that served as a bandleader at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary. When he was seven years old, Fuller's family relocated to Vancouver, which soonafter led to Jerry taking drum lessons from the skinsman in his father's band, Bruce Bristowe. By the late '50s, Fuller was attending Westlake College in Los Angeles, as he spent his summer playing drums in bands at summer resorts back in Canada (the group included the son of renowned tenor saxophonist Paul Guloien, P.J. Perry). Fuller continued to play throughout Canada, as well as providing the backbeat on a recording project by Ron Collier that featured special guest Duke Ellington on piano (available nowadays on the Ellington release, North of the Border, on the Attic label). It was also while a member of Collier's backing band that Fuller performed high profile concerts, such as the 'Canadian Pavilion of Expo 67.' Beginning in the early '70s, Fuller played regularly alongside countless American musicians who were passing through Canada, including Pepper Adams, Zoot Sims, Paul Desmond, and Lee Konitz, appeared on quite a few broadcasts of the radio program, 'Toronto Alive!' Subsequently, Fuller served as a session drummer for recordings by Rob McConnell's Boss Brass, Moe Koffman, Ian McDougall, Peter Appleyard, Oscar Peterson, Kirk MacDonald, Mel Torme, Brian Dickinson, and Greg Clayton, among others. On July 13, 2002, friends became concerned when Fuller failed to appear for a performance in Toronto. Upon checking his house, Fuller was found dead, having passed away in his sleep (at the age of 63). ~ Greg Prato
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