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Willie "The Lion" Smith. American jazz pianist and composer. Born: 23 November 1893 in Goshen, New York, USA. Died: 18 April 1973 in New York City, New York, USA. Willie was active since the early 1910s, best known for his 'Harlem Stride' playing style. The legend is that his nickname "The Lion" came from his bravery while serving as a heavy ...
18. Mai 2004 · The 1950 by Willie "The Lion" Smith released in 2004. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
26. Juni 2020 · Between 1920 and 1940, few pianists achieved the mythological status of Willie "The Lion" Smith. Along with James P. Johnson (from New Brunswick, NJ) and "Fa...
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4 performances by Willie The Lion Smith. information from Jean Labaye: "The day of the concert is 29th november 1965, salle de l' école normale de musique,78...
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30. Mai 2013 · From the David W. Niven Collection of Jazz History, a cassette recording from the Jazz artist Willie The Lion Smith, from the era of 1934. Tape 1. Recorded with a TEAC AD-500 cassette deck, a desktop computer with a modern SoundBlaster sound card, and the audio recording program GoldWave. Each cassette was recorded to a single WAV-format file ...
About Willie "The Lion" Smith. Performing from the 1910s through the 1960s, Willie "The Lion" Smith was one of the great Harlem stride pianists, a contemporary of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, and a man who understood the importance of style. An irrepressible raconteur, he delivered his pianistic and personal charms in worldwide performance ...
Willie “The Lion” Smith (November 23, 1893 – April 18, 1973) was one of the fathers of the stride piano style. During the 1920s he was a sort of underground figure, who gained a reputation as a hot piano player by providing the music for rent parties in the private homes and small clubs of Harlem. He recorded rarely during the 1920s, but ...
