Latest Release
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- 29 MAY 2024
- 6 Songs
- Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Willie 'the Lion' Smith · 2008
- Saxophone Legends, Vol. 1 · 2008
- Jazz Piano Master: Joja Wendt & Willie "The Lion" Smith · 2000
- Music On My Mind · 2001
- Complete Jazz Series 1950 · 2009
- Stride Piano Duets · 2008
- Let's Go! (Live London '65) - EP · 2024
- Let's Go! (Live London '65) - EP · 2024
- Let's Go! (Live London '65) - EP · 2024
- Let's Go! (Live London '65) - EP · 2024
Artist Playlists
- The piano-pumping Harlem hero who helped invent stride.
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- 2016
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 until well into his late 60s.
- HOMETOWN
- Goshen, NY, United States
- BORN
- 23 november 1893
- GENRE
- Jazz