Willie "The Lion" Smith
Along with Fats Waller and James P. Johnson, Willie “The Lion” Smith was one of
the great stride-style pianists of the golden age of jazz. Born William Henry
Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf in 1893 to a Jewish father and an African-American
mother, Smith (surname added later) grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and nurtured
a passion for the piano from his early childhood. A tour of duty in World War I
with the Harlem Hellfighters interrupted his early career, but he displayed
courage at such a level that he was dubbed “The Lion,” a nickname that would
follow him the rest of his life.
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Stormy WeatherWillie "The Lion" Smith and Buck Clayton
JosephineWillie "The Lion" Smith and Milt Herth Trio
SolitudeWillie "The Lion" Smith
Ain't She SweetWillie "The Lion" Smith
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaWillie "The Lion" Smith
My Blue HeavenBilly May, Jimmie Lunceford, Lunceford Trio, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Billy May & His Orchestra
Stormy WeatherWillie "The Lion" Smith and Buck Clayton
Keep Cool
2:37
JosephineWillie "The Lion" Smith and Milt Herth Trio
Willie "the Lion" Smith: 1937-1938
2:30
SolitudeWillie "The Lion" Smith
Ain't She SweetWillie "The Lion" Smith
Music On My Mind
3:24
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaWillie "The Lion" Smith
Willie "the Lion" Smith: 1937-1938
My Blue HeavenBilly May, Jimmie Lunceford, Lunceford Trio, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Billy May & His Orchestra
Jimmie Lunceford In Hi-Fi
3:15
