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Willie "The Lion" Smith
Goshen, United States
Willie "The Lion" Smith is credited on 417 releases across 160 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
417
Pressings credited
160
Albums
8
Decades active
11
In collections
Biography
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith (November 23, 1893 – April 18, 1973), nicknamed "the Lion", was an American jazz and stride pianist.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
417 releases · 160 albums · active 1950–2023
- Performance · 802
- Other credits · 18
Studios: Blue Room, Hotel Lincoln · Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania, N.Y.C. · Wollman Auditorium · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Unforgettable Glenn Miller 70 Of His Greatest Original Recordings
1968
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1)
1996
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982
The Original Fourteen Plus Two (1938–1939)
1981
Giants Of Jazz: Sidney Bechet
1980
Master Musician
1976
The Best Of Glenn Miller Vol. III
1969
In The Groove With The Kings Of Swing
1967
Important Recordings 1934 - 1949
2006
Complete Recorded Works 1939-1947 In Chronological Order: Volume 5 (27 October 1944 To October 1946)
1994
The Legendary Sidney Bechet
1989
Piano Solos
1962
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Sidney Bechet
- Ralph Sutton (2)
- Eddie Condon
- Clarence Williams
- Leadbelly
- Glenn Miller
- Duke Ellington
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