Jazz Age: Benny Meroff's Orch. - Smiling Skies, 1928
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Channel: 240252 · 2013 · Music
Benny Meroff & His Orchestra -- Smiling Skies, Okeh 1928 (USA) NOTE: Benny Meroff (b. c.1901; d. 1973) American musician (Violin, Clarinet, Saxophone) and bandleader. He started his career in Chicago area performing as a taper in small music theatres, however in the end of 1920s he appears on Chicago musical scene as leader of his own dance band, with such renowned musicians as "Wild" Bill Davidson, Vernon Brown or Frank Teschemaker. In late 1920s and through 1930s his band was contracted to play in numerous Chicago and New York hotels. However, in the 1940s Meroff withdrew from the musical business and never came back to play in public."Smiling Skies", recorded by Meroff's Orchestra on December 9, 1928 in Chicago includes "Wild" Bill Davidson performing trumpet solo in Bix Beiderbecke style, therefore this recording has often been erroneously listed as Bix's.
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