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

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