Willie "The Lion" Smith - The Lion on BBC's "Jazz 625"

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Willie "The Lion" Smith - The Lion on BBC's "Jazz 625" - 1965 (full video!)

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@jonjosemi 7 ай бұрын

QUALITY, always a great watch, these guys are the real deals, Respect, history probably never to be seen repeated again, cheers,Thank you guys, Rip,xx

@PeteLindup 9 жыл бұрын

WOW! Astonishing. I recorded this from the TV (sound only of course) in the 1960s. NEVER dreamed I would actually SEE it again. A million thanks for posting this gem.

@taiping194 7 жыл бұрын

Do you still have the audio recording of this? Is it good sound quality? If so, I would like to hear it -- from a long time WTLS fan.

@PeteLindup 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Stephen! I'm certain I still have the programme, amongst my myriards of audio tapes. Wether it's still playable after 50 years is another matter! I'll search it out.

@taiping194 7 жыл бұрын

Peter -- I also have a copy from someone who recorded the audio from the TV broadcast, but unfortunately this is a cassette tape copy from the original reel tape. I also have a Laserdisc issue of the broadcast.

@michaelgodfrey3979 5 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! Just love the way he "sang" along with the wonderful music he created. I can imagine his reaction if turned up for a concert today, only to be told that smoking in the auditorium was forbidden!

@pederlong1784 Жыл бұрын

Such a gift

@bernardcamerling4362 3 жыл бұрын

Il était venu en France dans les années 60, merci de ce souvenir extrordinaire et chaleureux.. Il avait aussi son cigare et bouteille de wisky sur le piano.

@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 5 жыл бұрын

Last time I heard Carolina Shout is when I played it myself for fun - probably 10 years ago. Hilarious. I kept wondering - this sounds really familiar.

@blevens7251 7 жыл бұрын

I've always been more attracted to the more introverted post-bop stuff, and I think that's pretty typical for most jazz listeners today. But I think we need to open our minds to stride and some of these earlier forms. Smith here is not only entertaining, he's also deep and you can see how thoughtful his playing is. The Jazz 625 Garner video is eye-opening too.

@Alffovinni 3 жыл бұрын

this is 1 million times better than post-bop in my opinion.

@inkognito8400 3 жыл бұрын

I find most post-bop stuff very boring.Sorry to be insulting, but most of it is much too pretentious from my point of view.And from a pianistic standpoint it doesn‘t really get better than the stride pianist in jazz(Tatum included), add a little Powell in there(Bud‘s melodic innovation is unmatched to this day, listen to the winter broadcasts 1953 recordings).You can have all the harmonies you want, most post-bop pianists I hear, play just really uninteresting phrases(Excluding some guys like McCoy, Chick and so forth).

@raycooper3269 11 ай бұрын

Stride is still a forward style . Bop? Times up.

@michaeloflaherty8424 9 жыл бұрын

Still looking fresh in his 70s! And what a great trio. The closing piece is absolutely beautiful. Thanks.

@ToddRobbinsnyc 2 жыл бұрын

The closing piece was an original called Relaxin'.

@Firebrand55 6 жыл бұрын

Read the Lion's book, Music on my Mind. It is a microcosm of early jazz and a compelling read; check out his time in the trenches on the Western Front, where he got his nickname. The Lion was there, at the beginning, along with the giants of jazz piano; Morton, Waller and James P. Carolina Shout here played is a wonderful example of stride piano, played as only the Lion could do.

@wuloki 2 жыл бұрын

Apart from the beautiful music, there's a bit of interesting trivia here. "Jazz 625". Why 625? Because television in europe just went from 415 lines to 625 lines ("625i"), so they mention the new high resolution specifically, like we mention 4K today. A few years later it would probably be "Jazz in color" (we got color-tv around 1970 here).

@hanklouiz4933 7 жыл бұрын

Wow thats just brilliant!!

@idubtheejado 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@uniquejewel8168 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@crnkspinnr5863 6 жыл бұрын

Some of the stride players pound the keys, the Lion has great fluidity and dexterity. Very nice!

@Blueaspen391 3 жыл бұрын

the cigar went out after about 10 minutes but he kept it in his mouth, even while singing for the next 18 minutes.

@haydenwayne3710 4 ай бұрын

Thank God we have this documentation. Too bad the sound quality is so poor.

@heightsofsagarmatha 5 жыл бұрын

cigar + piano, good stuff

@boxme11 9 жыл бұрын

king

@user-li9vq8hw6p 6 жыл бұрын

I like how he smokes and plays the piano at the same dammn time 🤣

@freddylebanon 9 жыл бұрын

An education..

@philippevinot4798 8 жыл бұрын

je pense plutot que le style "stride" est né vers 1921/1925 avec J P Johnson ,Fats Waller,Willie Smith ,ce qui nous situe entre les deux guerres mondiales

@rafi1234321 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact - Willie spoke fluent Yiddish, growing up amongst Orthodox Jews in NYC and Newark, NJ.

@habibk.2423 7 жыл бұрын

What's the outro-tune he playin? Beautiful!

@PeteLindup 7 жыл бұрын

Hi! It's the second strain of Willie's tune "Relaxin".

@habibk.2423 7 жыл бұрын

PeteLindup Thx a lot!

@joshuaklein2859 2 жыл бұрын

Was CAb very influenced from him?

@waldolydecker8118 8 ай бұрын

What? Cab never played piano

@7stringjazz1 10 ай бұрын

Willie , the fuckin Lion! Yeah, that’s him.

@juancastro1505 9 жыл бұрын

Is Sir winston churchill on the bass?

@TheSpikehere 8 жыл бұрын

+Juan Castro Sadly, Winnie couldn't make the gig. They put him in his grave ten months earlier.

@iaindcosta 7 ай бұрын

Brian Brocklehurst on bass- one of a kind

@matthewmercury1 7 жыл бұрын

Not quite sure the bass player knows what's happening here....

@shrunkenpresence1367 7 жыл бұрын

wabi sabi my friend

@jwmchannels 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, he did just fine. Not easy playing with the Lion and my guess is zero rehearsal.

@waldolydecker8118 8 ай бұрын

British union rules...apparently mandatory he be there

@iaindcosta 7 ай бұрын

Brian Brocklehurst, he's loving it

@iaindcosta 7 ай бұрын

11.40 he gets a handshake for it

@markgc1316 3 жыл бұрын

Surely the last thing a stride pianist needs is someone on bass fiddle?

@iaindcosta 7 ай бұрын

piano trio is the most basic band, bass n drums go together like...

@iaindcosta 7 ай бұрын

Bass n drums go together.. Piano trio is the most basic band