4 performances by Willie "The Lion" Smith, November 29, 1965

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4 performances by Willie "The Lion" Smith, November 29, 1965

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4 performances by Willie The Lion Smith. information from Jean Labaye: "The day of the concert is 29th november 1965, salle de l' école normale de musique,78 rue Cardinet Paris 17ème.Le Lion was doing a tour for the Hot-Cub Of France in November/December 1965" .A few spots where the video/audio is a touch glitchy. In this film, we get some incredible shots of Lion's hands and his face. In the words of Mike Lipskin, "Willie had such a big full face."
1st Performance:
00:35 Relaxing (Also known as "Theme Song" sometimes)
03:28 Tea For Two
07:50 Willie Points out Memphis Slim in the audience.
08:13 Carolina Shout
10:50 Shine (piano and vocals)
15:22 Rockin 'N Rollin'
18:05 Joe Turner joins Lion on the stage for a moment
18:53 Some of These Days (piano and vocals). Really nice left hand here. a shot of Willie's wife, Jane.
2nd Performance
23:50 Dinah (piano and vocals)
29:25 St. Louis Blues (piano and vocals)
36:10 Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now/ Honeysuckle Rose/?/ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/Ain't Misbehavin'
3rd Performance
44:30 Echoes Of Spring
48:25 Zig Zag
51:45 Squeeze Me (The Boy In The Boat)
55:58 Through For The Day (One of my favourites, very relaxing.)
58:35 Morning Air
01:01:55 Polonaise
4th Performance
01:05:40 Sweet Georgia Brown
01:09:45 Love Remembers / Fading Star /
01:13:30 H and M blues("H for Hugues Panassié and M for Madeleine Gautier the wife of Panassié"- Jean Labaye)
01:18:05 Old Fashioned Love/ Keepin' Out Of Mischief/ Love Will Find A Way/ Moonlight Cocktail/ Shine
01:25:10 La Marseillaise

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@maurizioghezzer4302 26 күн бұрын

Stile elegantissimo!

@roberthess3405 4 күн бұрын

This is one of those times when the old cliche "They don't make'm like that anymore" seems very appropriate. What a unique artist and individual. He changed the course of music history.

@barrygordon5323 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff, especially shine at the end,and the Carolina shout ..and tea for to,consider to he was 73 when this film was made and still playing great. I was blessed to. Have met him in 1973 two weeks or so before he passed on,he was an incredibly spiritual man ,who could transmit more with his eyes the most words can convey,for me it was a baptism.. what a great artist and man .and a great influence,.

@SugarBearMosher 10 ай бұрын

A baptism...what a wonderful way to put it

@user-di5pv6pw5l 4 ай бұрын

Tell us more about him please. I am a new fan. I wish to add this excellent man to my musical discourse And bring further awareness to fellow appreciators.

@Politaris1134 Жыл бұрын

No way! I didn't know this footage even existed. I believe I only saw a small clip of this concert. Thanks for uploading this.

@afpseb4582 8 ай бұрын

Always check for foreign stuffs the happiness will knock at your door👍

@melimoa 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful way of playing. Relaxed and full of music.

@BrunoEspo 18 күн бұрын

The mumbling growl under his breath is a beautiful accompaniment. Joseph Spence did something similar

@SugarBearMosher 18 күн бұрын

@@BrunoEspo bud Powell also 💚

@itsRemco Жыл бұрын

WOWWWWW

@jamreport6981 Ай бұрын

REMCOO

@nickarteaga175 Жыл бұрын

It's weird to see Smith acknowledge Memphis Slim, as they're about as different musicians as can be, but I guess they were both in Paris at the same time so must have known each other.

@quintinfranklin9168 6 ай бұрын

MR. WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH, LOVE YOU SIR! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

@pederlong1784 11 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful style

@user-di5pv6pw5l 4 ай бұрын

I am a jazz singer. This is fantastic. Think ill study this master piece and use it daily as vocal scale practice. This piece itches my ears when i focus on the harmonics and tones. Quite a task to ajust vocally but an exciting challenge. Yet a new musical awareness Which broadens my own approach to musical creation. Thanku for sharing. More please 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@garklein8089 Жыл бұрын

This is GREAT! Thanks for sharing!

@SugarBearMosher Жыл бұрын

Thanks dad

@SELMER1947 10 ай бұрын

Fabulous musician

@savlecz1187 Жыл бұрын

Oh man, this is a treat! Thank you for this! Hope this stays up forever so I keep revisiting it

@philippevinot4798 Жыл бұрын

Bonjour, et merci pour cette vidéo. N'étant pas musicien, je suis faciné par la facilité de mettre l'ambiance de ces Artistes. Comme Bechet, Waller, Johnson etc.. ils avaient quelque chose à dire au travers de leurs morceaux !!

@SELMER1947 Жыл бұрын

Maintenant ils ont des techniques fabuleuses mais plus rien à dire...

@philippevinot4798 Жыл бұрын

@@SELMER1947 c'est un peu l'idée 😊

@bluenoteflat 8 ай бұрын

❤Gorgeous

@FoxieGrandma Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting these.....what a treat!!! 😂

@IberianInteractive Жыл бұрын

DUDE this is gold thank you so much

@GDsJazz 11 ай бұрын

That song between "Honeysuckle Rose" and "When smoke gets in your eyes" is called "What is there to say?"

@PiotrBarcz Жыл бұрын

I think I found an earlier upload of this because I remember the title was different, not only that, the video was in 480p resolution not Full HD.

@gianmariadipaolo9668 7 ай бұрын

The best

@andrewbarrett1537 2 ай бұрын

RE: "Zig Zag" at 48:25: This tune seems like a Bop tune at the beginning. Which makes sense, since the Lion was friends with Thelonious Monk.

@waldolydecker8118 8 ай бұрын

36:10 Song preceding "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is "What is There to Say" not "HoneySuckle Rose"

@SugarBearMosher 8 ай бұрын

Between the 2 is What is there to say, thats it! Thanks for the ID.

@waldolydecker8118 8 ай бұрын

@@SugarBearMosher - You got it....edit your set list if you can. Thanks.

@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743 7 ай бұрын

The way he purposely turns the time around by dropping beats and then getting back into the pocket was always one of the hippest things I’ve heard ANY jazz musician do …

@SugarBearMosher 7 ай бұрын

He was an OG , i plan to get "Lion" tattoed on my left pinky finger so when I play, zi see him. "Lamb" on the ring finger because i use my ring when i play fast stride. Then "Eubie" on the middle finger, just to keep them consecutive.

@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743 7 ай бұрын

amazing !@@SugarBearMosher