Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Lu Watters & the Yerba Buena Jazz Band is the name of an American traditional jazz revival band founded by Lu Watters in 1940. Yerba Buena was the original name of San Francisco, California. Notable members included singer and banjoist Clancy Hayes, clarinetist Bob Helm, trumpeter Bob Scobey, trombonist Turk Murphy, tubist/bassist Dick Lammi, and Watters himself.
In the late 1930s, cornetist L…
Artist details
- Type
- Group
- Area
- United States
- Dissolved
- 1950
- Genres
- Labels
- Good Time Jazz