Harry A. Yerkes (18 August 1872 – 24 December 1954) was a marimba player, inventor, and recording manager who assembled many recording sessions in the early years of jazz. Many of the sessions organized by Yerkes used his name for the artist credit, including Yerkes' Jazarimba Orchestra and Yerkes' Marimbaphone Band on Columbia Records, which are estimated to have some of the best selling records of 1919 and 1921. == Biography == Yerkes began his recording career in 1906, performing... [more on Wikipedia]