Willie the Lion

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Willie_the_Lion
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1970s
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1910s
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Willie_"The_Lion"_Smith
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:James_P._Johnson
gptkb:Luckey_Roberts
Fats Waller
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Grammy_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:birthDate 1893-11-23
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:William_Henry_Joseph_Bonaparte_Bertholoff_Smith
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Calverton_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate 1973-04-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:genre jazz
stride piano
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Willie the Lion
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Thelonious_Monk
gptkb:Art_Tatum
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Lion
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Echoes_of_Spring
gptkb:Finger_Buster
gptkbp:occupation composer
pianist
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Bluebird_Records
gptkb:Commodore_Records
gptkb:Vogue_Records
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Florida_Memorial_University
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6