The composer of "Echo of Spring" and author the memoirs Music on my Mind was a Harlem pianist who bore this surname and called himself "Willie the Lion.
The composer of "Echo of Spring" and author the memoirs Music on my Mind was a Harlem pianist who bore this surname and called himself "Willie the Lion." The leader of the Rhythm Aces also had this last name, and though born "Cladys," called himself "Jabbo." Guitarist Wes Montgomery recorded The Dynamic Duo with Jimmy, whose instrument of choice was the Hammond B3 organ. One female performer with this last name was a vaudeville singer who led the Jazz Hounds and became the first black female to record a blues piece with "Crazy Blues," but was supplanted by another singer of the same surname, who was known as the "Empress of the Blues." FTP, the above jazz performers, including Mamie and Bessie, share what most common American surname?
The composer of "Echo of Spring" and author the memoirs Music on my Mind was a Harlem pianist who bore this surname and called himself "Willie the Lion.
{Smith} (Wes Montgomery’s last name is just “Montgomery,” not “Smith,” in case of any confusion)