Dick Wellstood
One of the two great stride pianists (along with Ralph Sutton) to emerge during the 1940s when members of their generation were generally playing bebop, Wellstood kept an open mind toward later styles (he loved Monk) while sounding at his best playing classic jazz. A little more subtle than Sutton, Wellstood was also a powerful pianist who was a superb interpreter of the music of James P. Johnson and his contemporaries. He came to New York with Bob Wilber's Wildcats in 1946 and caught on in the trad jazz scene quickly. By 1947 he was playing with Sidney Bechet, and in the 1950s he mostly worked with veteran players including trumpeters Roy Eldridge, Rex Stewart, and Charlie Shavers and the Eddie Condon gang. He was in the intermission band at Condon's starting in 1956 and later was house pianist at the Metropole and Nick's. After a period with Gene Krupa's quartet, he toured with the World's Greatest Jazz Band. Wellstood remained active throughout his all-too-short life, playing solo concerts, performing at jazz parties, and recording quite a few memorable albums.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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This Is the One...Dig!
Jazz - Released by Solo Art on 11 Dec 2014
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"Duet"
Billy Butterfield, Dick Wellstood
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 19 Jan 2015
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Dick Wellstood- Kenny Davern
Dick Wellstood and Kenny Davern
Jazz - Released by Chiaroscuro Records on 1 Jan 1981
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The Fabulous Doc Cheatham
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 21 Jan 2016
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Live Hot Jazz
Kenny Davern, Dick Wellstood, Chuck Riggs
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 12 Dec 2013
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Fats Waller Revisited
Jazz - Released by Inner City Records on 1 Jan 1975
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Live at Vineyard: Kenny Davern and Dick Wellstood - Never in a Million Years...
Jazz - Released by Baseline Jazz on 1 Oct 1995
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In Gay Old New Orleans
Knocky Parker, Dick Wellstood, Galvanized Washboard Band
Jazz - Released by GHB on 27 Apr 2015
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From Dixie To Swing
Jazz - Released by Inner City Records on 1 Jan 1972
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Lennie Felix / Dick Wellstood
Jazz - Released by Solo Art on 14 Nov 2015
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Your Sky of Blue
Jazz - Released by Nagel heyer records on 5 Jul 2017
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Wolverine Blues
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
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