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Willie Smith (25 Nov 1910 - 07 Mar 1967)

Male Person - United States US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967

 Also known as (1)

Releases (5)

Official

Single

  1. Experiment Perilous 1951 (as Willie Smith All Stars)
  2. Dexter Digs Again 1951 (as Willie Smith All Stars)
  3. Windjammer / Skylark 1951 (as Willie Smith All Stars)
  4. All the Things You’re / I’ve Found a New Baby 1951 (as Willie Smith All Stars)

EP

  1. "After Hours" Jam Session featuring Willie Smith

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars

Recordings by (16)

  1. Sophisticated Lady 4:11 (1950)
  2. Experiment Perilous, Part 1 ?:?? (1951) 19xx-xx-xx, mx. SRC-134-1
  3. Experiment Perilous, Part 2 ?:?? (1951) 19xx-xx-xx, mx. SRC-135-1
  4. Dexter Digs Again, Part 1 ?:?? (1951) 1945-11-05, mx. 160
  5. Dexter Digs Again, Part 2 ?:?? (1951) 1945-11-05, mx. 161
  6. Windjammer ?:?? (1951) 1945-11-12, mx. SRC 132-7
  7. Skylark ?:?? (1951) 1945-11-12, mx. SRC 133-3
  8. All the Things You’re ?:?? (1951)
  9. I’ve Found a New Baby ?:?? (1951)
  10. Passionette 2:28 (1994)
  11. Relaxin' 3:26 (2001)
  12. I Got a New Thing 2:09 (2015)
  13. The Way You Look Tonight 3:09 ()
  14. Skylark ?:?? ()
  15. All the Things You Are ?:?? ()
  16. I've Found a New Baby ?:?? ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. In Dat Mornin’ 3:23 Jimmie Lunceford and His Chickasaw Syncopators (1930) saxophone, alto saxophone
  2. Sweet Rhythm 2:42 Jimmie Lunceford and His Chickasaw Syncopators (1930) alto saxophone
  3. White Heat 2:30 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (28 Mar 1934) alto saxophone, clarinet
  4. Because You’re You 3:23 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1934) reeds
  5. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 2:52 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (Mar 1939) reeds
  6. Blue Blazes 2:52 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (Mar 1939) reeds
  7. Sonata by L. Van Beethoveen ("Pathetique" Op. 13) 3:18 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  8. Uptown Blues 2:53 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  9. Put It Away 2:42 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  10. Bugs Parade 2:30 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  11. I Wanna Hear Swing Songs 2:54 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  12. Easter Parade 2:42 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  13. I’m Alone With You 2:37 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  14. Chopin’s Prelude, No. 7 2:51 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  15. I Got It 2:54 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  16. What’s Your Story Mornin’ Glory 3:10 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940) reeds
  17. You’ll Never Walk Alone 3:27 Frank Sinatra (Jul 1945) woodwind
  18. I Want a Little Girl 5:30 Henry Wells, Trummy Young and the Guys From V‐Discs (Dec 1945) alto saxophone
  19. Rose Room ?:?? Harry James and His Orchestra (Mar 1946) clarinet
  20. Shuffle Bass Boogie 2:56 Charles Mingus (1946) alto saxophone
  21. Ain’t Jivin’ Blues 2:56 Charles Mingus (1946) alto saxophone
  22. Weird Nightmare 3:05 Charles Mingus (1946) alto saxophone
  23. Over the Rainbow 3:16 Frank Sinatra (Apr 1947) saxophone
  24. Sophisticated Lady 4:11 Willie Smith (1950) alto saxophone
  25. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite) 13:48 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953) saxophone, alto saxophone
  26. Skin Deep 6:49 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953) alto saxophone
  27. Body and Soul 3:24 Billie Holiday (1954) alto saxophone
  28. Willow Weep for Me 3:07 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1955) alto saxophone
  29. Stella by Starlight 3:49 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) reeds
  30. I See Your Face Before Me 2:34 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) reeds
  31. I Want to Be Happy 1:46 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) alto saxophone
  32. Love Walked In 3:28 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) reeds
  33. April in Paris 3:51 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) reeds
  34. Just One of Those Things 3:08 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) alto saxophone
  35. Imagination 3:28 Nat King Cole (Feb 1956) reeds
  36. Just You, Just Me 3:02 The Nat King Cole Trio (15 Aug 1956) alto saxophone
  37. Angel Eyes 3:15 Nat King Cole (1956) alto saxophone
  38. You’re Looking at Me 4:12 The Nat King Cole Trio (1956) alto saxophone
  39. Don’t Let It Go to Your Head 3:11 The Nat King Cole Trio (1956) alto saxophone
  40. Too Marvelous for Words 2:13 Billie Holiday (1956) alto saxophone
  41. I Thought About You 2:48 Billie Holiday (1956) alto saxophone
  42. Love Me or Leave Me 2:35 Billie Holiday (1956) alto saxophone
  43. Ain't She Sweet ?:?? Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1956) alto saxophone
  44. Oasis ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie (1957) alto saxophone
  45. Fair and Warmer 4:15 Harry James and His Orchestra (Jan 1959) saxophone
  46. J. Walkin' 3:48 Harry James and His Orchestra (Jan 1959) saxophone
  47. Warm Blue Stream 5:25 Harry James and His Orchestra (Jan 1959) saxophone

Vocals

  1. Rhythm Is Our Business ?:?? Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1934)
  2. Put It Away 2:42 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1940)
  3. Wham ?:?? Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (Aug 1944)

Credited as (26)

  1. Willie Smith
  2. Johnny Hodges & Willie Smith
  3. Willie Smith with Harry James Orchestra
  4. Joe Guy, Howard McGhee, Willie Smith, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Ventura, Garland Finney, Ulysses Livingston, Red Callender & Gene Krupa
  5. Dizzy Gillespie, Willie Smith, Charlie Ventura, Lester Young, Mel Powell, Bill Hadnott & Lee Young
  6. Al Killian, Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Lester Young, Arnold Ross, Bill Hadnott & Lee Young
  7. Dizzy Gillespie, Willie Smith, Charlie Parker, Charlie Ventura, Lester Young, Mel Powell, Bill Hadnott & Lee Young
  8. Buck Clayton, Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, Irving Ashby, Bill Hadnott & Buddy Rich
  9. Buck Clayton, Ray Linn, Willie Smith, Corky Corcoran, Coleman Hawkins, Babe Russin, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, Irving Ashby, Bill Hadnott & Buddy Rich
  10. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville & Buddy Rich
  11. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville & Buddy Rich
  12. Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Willie Smith, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Hank Jones, Benny Fonville & Alvin Stoller
  13. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Buddy DeFranco, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Count Basie, Freddie Green, John Simmons, Buddy Rich, Arnold Ross
  14. Al Killian, Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Lester Young, Arnold Ross, Billy Hadnott, Lee Young
  15. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Ken Kersey, Benny Fonville, Buddy Rich
  16. Harry James and His Orchestra feat. Willie Smith
  17. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Buddy DeFranco, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Count Basie, Freddie Green, John Simmons, Buddy Rich
  18. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Buddy DeFranco, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Arnold Ross, Freddie Green, John Simmons, Buddy Rich
  19. Willie Smith With Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
  20. Jimmie Lunceford; Willie Smith
  21. Charlie Shavers, Roy Eldridge, Bill Harris, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Ben Webster, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, J.C. Heard
  22. Willie Smith All Stars
  23. Willie Smith with Harry James and His Orchestra
  24. Billie Holiday, Willie Smith, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Bobby Tucker, Barney Kessel, Chico Hamilton, Red Callender
  25. Billie Holiday, possibly Buck Clayton, Joe Guy, Tommy Turk, Willie Smith, possibly Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Milt Raskin, possibly Irving Ashby, Red Callender, Dave Coleman
  26. Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle, Buddy DeFranco, Willie Smith, Frank Flynn & Paul Smith

Works (1)

Composed

  1. Harlem Joys

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106449
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899885d
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135269369
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91115274
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91115274

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/435000

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/318746

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000688197

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100230500

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1270714