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Jazzarimba
Orchestra
Jacobs' Orchestra Monthly (August 1919)
Gerhardt Collection
In 1902, Columbia began issuing both seven-inch and
ten-inch one-sided discs. Among the earliest releases
were xylophone solos by Charles P. Lowe, followed a
few years later by Thomas Mills, Edward F. Rubsam on
bells, and Harry A. Yerkes' “Happy Heinie”
March & Two Step, for xylophone and orchestra
(#3348, c. 1905). The same title, recorded in February
1906 on a two-minute Columbia cylinder (#32879), is
included in the Gerhardt Collection.
Harry Yerkes recorded six titles as the Yerkes Jazzarimba
Orchestra on Edison Blue Amberol cylinders during
1918 and in January 1919. Yerkes ensembles recorded
and performed under many names: Harry A. Yerkes’
Jazarimba Orchestra/Band, Yerkes Marimba Band, Yerkes
Marimbaphone Band, Harry A. Yerkes Marimba Band, Yerkes
S. S. Flotilla Orchestra, Yerkes Famous Flotilla Orchestra,
and Harry A. Yerkes Dance Orchestra. George Hamilton
and Joseph Green are frequently heard on recordings
by these groups.
This
information is taken from William Cahn, The Xylophone
in Acoustic Recordings (1877 to 1929). Bloomfield,
NY: Cahn Publishing, 1996.
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