Author: Smith, Willie
Title: Music on My Mind; the Memoirs of an American Pianist, by Willie the Lion Smith with George Hoefer. Foreword by Duke Ellington.
Description: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co. 1964. First printing. Hardcover. xvi, 318 p. 22 cm. Very good condition/good, This memoir by legendary jazz pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith, provides an intimate glimpse into the life and times of one of jazz's most influential figures. With a foreword by Duke Ellington, the book captures Smith's remarkable career, tracing his rise in the jazz world and his contributions to the Harlem stride piano tradition. Rich with anecdotes, historical insights, and reflections on his contemporaries, this work is a treasure trove for jazz enthusiasts and historians.

Keywords: Jazz Musicians--Biography.


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