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17. Juni 2020 · Willie Smith: Alto Sax All-Time Great – His 48 Finest 1934-1956. By John White. 17 June 2020. 5323. In brief: "With detailed discographies and informative notes by Digby Fairweather this is - apart from the brutally truncated JATP and Just Jazz performances – an overdue and fitting tribute to an unfairly neglected musician"
The JATP examples included are brief extracts and feature just Smith’s searing solos. Smith was a virtuoso soloist with a readily identifiable tone and an athletic improviser. He could play ballads and blues and he could rip roar with the best of his JATP stablemates. An all-round big and small band player he has never been forgotten but ...
Buck Clayron (tp) Charlie Parker, Willie Smith (as) Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Kenny Kersey (p) Irving Ashby (git) Billy Hadnott (kb) Buddy Rich (dr) Embassy Hotel, Los Angeles, 22. April 1946 I Got Rhythm; JATP Blues; Literatur. John Chilton: The Song of the Hawk – The Life and Recordings of Coleman Hawkins.
29. Aug. 2018 · Performer: Coleman Hawkins; Lester Young; Willie Smith; Charlie Parker; Buck Clayton; Buddy Rich; Irving Ashby; Billy Hadnott; Kenny Kersey
28. März 2023 · Amongst the memorable satisfactions are solos from Hank Jones, Peterson, Gillespie, Ella, J J Johnson, Lester Young, Bill Harris, Shavers, Willie Smith, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis – I could go on. The rhythm sections are all outstanding with Ray Brown a dependable giant. This was the period when Norman and his musicians invented the ...
26. Apr. 2007 · 2004. From the same JATP concert which produced the Peterson and Fitzgerald album comes this Peterson & Friends set. The personnel expands to include alto saxophonist Willie Smith, guitarist Barney Kessel and an appearance on drums by Gene Krupa.
Alto saxophonist Willie Smith was among Gene Krupa's favorite reedmen, and as most everyone knows, he was the stellar soloist on the famed Drum Boogie date at Carnegie Hall in 1952 that was the basis of the Original Drum Battle recording. These are probably the last sides Willie ever recorded as a leader, done in 1965 on the west coast.
