Dynamic cover art

Willie "The Lion" Smith

Jazz
Swing
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. ...
Songs
alt
Stormy WeatherWillie "The Lion" Smith and Buck Clayton
alt
Ain't Misbehavin'Willie "The Lion" Smith and Willie Smith
alt
SolitudeWillie "The Lion" Smith
alt
I Can't Give You Anything But LoveWillie "The Lion" Smith
alt
Keepin' Out of Mischief NowWillie "The Lion" Smith and Don Ewell
alt
My Blue HeavenBilly May, Jimmie Lunceford, Lunceford Trio, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Billy May & His Orchestra
alt
Stormy WeatherWillie "The Lion" Smith and Buck Clayton

Keep Cool

2:37

alt
Ain't Misbehavin'Willie "The Lion" Smith and Willie Smith

Moonlight Cocktail

4:53

alt
SolitudeWillie "The Lion" Smith

alt
I Can't Give You Anything But LoveWillie "The Lion" Smith

Complete Jazz Series 1950 - 1953

2:42

alt
Keepin' Out of Mischief NowWillie "The Lion" Smith and Don Ewell

5:01

alt
My Blue HeavenBilly May, Jimmie Lunceford, Lunceford Trio, Willie "The Lion" Smith and Billy May & His Orchestra

Jimmie Lunceford In Hi-Fi

3:15

Albums
Similar Artists