Person
Willie “The Lion” Smith
Albums
37
Members
6
Active
1893–1973
Origin
United States
Biography
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith (23 November 1893 – 18 April 1973), a.k.a. "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas "Fats" Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre from its Golden Age, c. 1920–1943.
Discography
Passionette / Morning Air
Reminiscing The Piano Greats
Willie Smith "The Lion"
Luckey & the Lion: Harlem Piano
The Legend Of Willie The Lion Smith
Memorial
Piano Solos By Willie Smith, The Lion Of The Piano: Original Compositions
Piano Solos By Willie Smith, The Lion Of The Piano: Show Time
Music on My Mind
Willie Smith "The Lion"
Grand Piano - Virtuoso Duets By Willie (The Lion) Smith & Don Ewell
Live At Blues Alley
The Many Faces Of Jazz Vol. 49
Memorial
Memorial
The Lion And The Tiger
The Original Fourteen Plus Two (1938–1939)
The Original Fourteen Plus Two (1938–1939)
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 90
1937-1938
Echoes Of Spring
The Chronological Classics: Willie "The Lion" Smith 1925-1937
The Chronological Classics: Willie "The Lion" Smith 1937-1938
1938-1940
The Chronological Classics: Willie "The Lion" Smith 1938-1940
The Lion Roars! His Greatest Hits, 1934-1944
Pianist and Character: 1935 / 1949
Jazz in Paris: Music on My Mind
The Memoirs Of Willie "The Lion" Smith
Chez Panassié - Concerts de Limoges et Louvain 1950
The Chronological Classics: Willie "The Lion" Smith 1944-1949
Pork And Beans
The Chronological Classics: Willie "The Lion" Smith 1950
The Chronological Classics: Willie "The Lion" Smith 1950-1953
Stride Piano Duets: Live in Toronto, 1966
Live Zurich, Switzerland
Grand Piano Duets
Credits
The Chronological Classics: Joe Bushkin 1947-1950
Important Recordings 1934 - 1949
Jazz in Paris: Music on My Mind
1928-1936
1933/35 Volume 4
1937-1938
1938-1940
1938-1940
1939-1944
1940-1941
'34/'35
35th And Calumet / Old-Fashioned Love
Apologies / Sendin' The Vipers
Battle Of Jazz Volume 5
Benny Carter (1928-1952)
Blues In The Air
Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) / Sitting At The Table Opposite You
Buck's Mood
California Here I Come
Clarence Williams (Great Original Performances 1927 To 1934)
Complete Recorded Works 1939-1947 In Chronological Order: Volume 5 (27 October 1944 To October 1946)
Digging My Potatoes / Defense Blues
Dixiecats
Duke Ellington, His Orchestra And Friends At The First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival, July 28, 1956
Early Big Joe (1940-1944)
Echoes Of Spring
Favorites
Flat Foot Floojie / Looney Little Tooney
From Ragtime To Rock: A History Of American Music
Giants Of Jazz: Sidney Bechet
Grand Piano - Virtuoso Duets By Willie (The Lion) Smith & Don Ewell
Harlem Joys / Everybody Loves My Baby
Hawk's Perch
Here Is Eddie Condon At His Rare of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1
Hi-Jinks On The Hammond
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 90
I'm Coming, Virginia / Georgia Cabin
In An 18th Century Drawing Room / The Shoe-Maker's Holiday
Jazz A La Mood
Jazz Dance
Josephine / Lost In The Shuffle
Leadbelly Memorial: Volume III
Live And Private Recordings In Chronological Order
Live And Rare
Live At Blues Alley
Luckey & The Lion: Harlem Piano
Master Musician
Memorial
Memorial
Mezzin' Around With Mezzrow And Newton
Mezz Mezzrow's Swing Session
New Orleans Feetwarmers
New York Concert
Oh! Lady Be Good! / Rose Room
Organ, Piano, Drums
Passionette / Morning Air
Piano Solos By Willie Smith, The Lion Of The Piano: Original Compositions
Piano Solos By Willie Smith, The Lion Of The Piano: Show Time
Pork And Beans
Reminiscing The Piano Greats