Benny Meroff home either conducting the band for dancing or directing a complicated stage show." He recorded for Columbia Records, Okeh Records, and Victor Records, especially at the height of his career in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Meroff disbanded his orchestra around the end of World War II and left music as a profession. Benny Meroff Benny Meroff (1899-1973) was an American dance bandleader active in the swing jazz era. He also played violin, clarinet, and saxophone. Meroff started his career in vaudeville, and put together his own ensemble in the middle of the 1920s. His sidemen included Wild Bill
Benny Goodman sometimes performed in concert with him, beginning when she was sixteen. Hammond encouraged Goodman to integrate his band and persuaded him to employ pianist Teddy Wilson. But Hammond's tendency to interfere in the musical affairs of Goodman's bands led to conflict. In 1953 they had a falling-out during the tour with Louis Armstrong, which Hammond produced. Goodman appeared on a 1975 PBS tribute to Hammond but remained at a distance. In the 1980s, after the death of Alice Goodman, Hammond and Goodman reconciled. On June 25, 1985, Goodman appeared at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City for "A Tribute