Although Willie "The Lion" Smith made some recordings during the 1920s, this Living Era compilation focuses exclusively upon the years 1934-1944, a time period that found the Lion operating as a soloist and in cahoots with such memorable characters as Clarence Williams, Banjo Ikey Robinson, and the Alabama Jug Band; clarinetists Mezz Mezzrow, Buster Bailey, and Rod Cless; trumpeters Frankie Newton, Dave Nelson, Max Kaminsky, and Charlie Shavers; saxophonists Benny Carter, Bud Freeman, Pete Brown, and Sidney Bechet; ...
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Although Willie "The Lion" Smith made some recordings during the 1920s, this Living Era compilation focuses exclusively upon the years 1934-1944, a time period that found the Lion operating as a soloist and in cahoots with such memorable characters as Clarence Williams, Banjo Ikey Robinson, and the Alabama Jug Band; clarinetists Mezz Mezzrow, Buster Bailey, and Rod Cless; trumpeters Frankie Newton, Dave Nelson, Max Kaminsky, and Charlie Shavers; saxophonists Benny Carter, Bud Freeman, Pete Brown, and Sidney Bechet; guitarists Albert Casey, Eddie Condon, and Everett Barksdale; bassists John Kirby, Jack Lesberg, and Wellman Braud; and percussionists Floyd Casey, O'Neill Spencer, Manzie Johnson, George Wettling, and Chick Webb. Fortified with such a dizzying wealth of jazz talent, this is a veritable gold mine of classic small-band swing and Harlem stride piano. Eight of these tracks were originally issued as by Willie "The Lion" Smith & His Cubs, a small swing band of variable size and instrumentation. There is a jousting lesson with pianist Joe Bushkin and an emotionally charged rendering of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" by the Sidney Bechet Trio. The Lion's unaccompanied piano solos are well-chosen examples of his eloquent artistry, a force that exerted a healthy influence upon Duke Ellington. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi
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