Borrah Minevitch

b. 5 November 1902, Borovin, Minsk, Belarus, d. 26 June 1955, Paris, France. Minevitch went to America with his family in 1906. After studying piano and violin, he chose the harmonica. His playing skill allowed him to play in vaudeville theatres and on the concert platform. In 1925 he formed a harmonica band, its members dressing formally and playing on the entire range of instruments in the harmonica family, many of which are seldom seen or heard. The band, which he named his Harmonica Rascals, caught on and were a hit in vaudeville and also appeared in Good Boy (1928), which...