9 thoughts on “ Echoes Of Spring - Willie ;The Lion; Smith - Piano Solos (Vinyl, LP) ”

1. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of The Lion Of The Piano (Piano Solos) on Discogs. Label: Commodore - SLC ,London Records - SLC • Format: Vinyl LP, Mono • Country: Japan • Genre: Jazz, Blues • Style: Swing.

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2. On this CD pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith is featured during a solo concert from France. The recording quality is just ok and Smith's performance (which combines his piano with a few unfortunate vocals and a little reminiscing) was typical for the period but his piano playing is generally pretty strong. He performs four of his originals (including "Echoes of Spring" and 6/

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3. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of Piano Solos By Willie Smith, The Lion Of The Piano: Original Compositions on Discogs. Label: Commodore - FL 30, • Format: Vinyl LP • Country: US • Genre: Jazz •.

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4. Digital Sheet Music for The Echoes Of Spring by, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Michael "Spike" Wilner scored for Piano Solo; id Buy fully licensed online digital, transposable, printable sheet music.

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5. Willie 'The Lion' was one of the founders of the stride style, along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. This album contains the fourteen tracks of solos he cut for Commodore in January , plus two additional tracks discussed below. The original tracks were comprised of eight of Smith's compositions and six renditions of standards.5/5(1).

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6. May 30,  · This elegant masterpiece entitled “Echoes of Spring” was originally recorded by Willie “The Lion” Smith in Smith was one of the genius titans of the stride piano era. This version of the song, from the LP entitled The Legend of Willie “The Lion” Smith, is quite a bit slower than the original.

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7. William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith 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 .

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8. The liner notes his LP The Legend of Willie "The Lion" Smith (Grand Awards Records GA ) state: "Duke Ellington has never lost his awe of the Lion's prowess." It quotes Ellington as saying, "Willie The Lion was the greatest influence of all the great jazz piano players who have come along.

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9. The bulk of the release features Smith on 14 piano solos from January 10, , performing six standards and eight of his finest compositions. Although Smith (with his derby hat and cigar) could look quite tough, he was actually a sensitive player whose chord structures were very original and impressionistic.

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