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In A Minor Groove
Solo piano · recorded 1966MIDI file
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Willie The Lion Smith was one of the last stride masters still recording when he cut this driving performance at a mid-sixties studio date for French Decca.
In a Minor Groove shows the side of the Lion that left its mark on the young Duke Ellington: a dark minor-key groove over a rock-steady striding left hand, melody and countermelody traded with total authority.
Transcribed note for note, with separated hands for slow practice.
- Artist
- Willie "The Lion" Smith
- Genre
- Stride Piano
- Recorded
- 1966
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 2:58
- Tempo
- 120 bpm
- Key
- Channels
- 2 · left and right hand
- Format
- .mid · Type 1
Willie "The Lion" Smith
A giant of Harlem stride piano, Willie "The Lion" Smith paired swaggering technique with a surprisingly impressionistic ear for harmony.