Yerkes, Harry A.

YERKES, HARRY A. Harry Yerkes led the Yerkes Jazzarimba Orchestra, a Columbia Records dance and recording band that featured George Hamilton Green , Joseph Green , Harry Breuer , Billy Dorn , and Eddie Rubsam . Its augmented instrumentation included, variously, strings, three saxes, piano, trumpet, tuba, drums, and banjo. The same group became the “Flotilla Orchestra” when playing at the Flotilla Restaurant in New York City. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Eyler, David P. Development of the Marimba…