Dick Wellstood
Dick Wellstood | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Richard MacQueen Wellstood |
| Born | November 25, 1927 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 1987 (aged 59) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1940s–1980s |
Richard MacQueen Wellstood (November 25, 1927 – July 24, 1987)[1] was an American jazz pianist.
Career
He was born in
Wild Bill Davison, Vic Dickenson, Coleman Hawkins, and Ben Webster.[2] He went to school and received a law degree, though thirty years would pass before he spent a brief time practicing law.[2]
In the 1960s, he worked with
Bob Rosengarden.[2] In the 1980s, he joined the Classic Jazz Quartet with Marty Grosz, Joe Muranyi, and Dick Sudhalter, worked again in a duo with Davern and in a piano duo with Dick Hyman.[2]
In 1987, he died of a heart attack in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 59.[5]
Discography
As leader
- Uptown and Lowdown (Prestige Swingville, 1961)
- From Dixie to Swing (Music Minus One, 1971)
- From Ragtime On (Chiaroscuro, 1971)
- Jazz at the New School (Chiaroscuro, 1972)
- Plays Ragtime Music of The Sting (Pickwick, 1974)
- Rapport with Billy Butterfield (77 Records, 1975)
- Live at the Cookery (Chiaroscuro, 1975)
- This Is The One (Audiophile, 1977)
- The Music of Scott Joplin (Pickwick, 1977)
- Some Hefty Cats! (Hefty Jazz 1977)
- Live at Hanratty's (Chaz Jazz, 1981; reissued by Chiaroscuro, 2000)
- I Wish I Were Twins with Dick Hyman (Swingtime, 1983)
- The Bob Wilber Dick Wellstood Duet (Parkwood, 1984)
- Live at Cafe des Copains (Unisson, 1986)
- Live Hot Jazz with Kenny Davern (Statiras, 1986)
- Ragtime Piano Favorites (1988)
- This Is the One...Dig! (Solo Art, 1977)
- Take Me to the Land of Jazz with Marty Grosz (Aviva, 1978)
- In the Jazz Tradition (Fat Cat's Jazz, 1980)
- The Classic Jazz Quartet (Jazzology, 1985)
- Never in a Million Years with Kenny Davern (Challenge, 1995)
- Alone (Solo Art, 1997)
- Live at the Sticky Wicket (Arbors, 1997)
- A Night in Dublin (Arbors, 2000)
- Stridemonster! The Duo Pianos of Dick Hyman and Dick Wellstood (Sackville, 2005)
As sideman
With Sidney Bechet
- Creole Reeds (Riverside, 1956)
- The Grand Master of the Soprano Saxophone and Clarinet (Columbia, 1956)
With Marty Grosz
- I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music (Aviva, 1982)
- Marty Grosz and The Keepers of the Flame (Stomp Off, 1987)
With Odetta
- Odetta and the Blues (Riverside, 1962)
- Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' (RCA Victor, 1962)
With Bob Wilber
- Bob Wilber and His Jazz Band Volume 1 (Circle, 1949)
- Spreadin' Joy (Classic Jazz, 1976)
- Evolution of the Blues (Music Minus One, 1976)
With others
- Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Kid Ory, Voyage a La Nouvelle Orleans (CBS, 1972)
- Bob Barnard, Class! (Calligraph, 1988)
- Dan Barrett, Strictly Instrumental (Concord Jazz, 1987)
- Dick Cary, Dick Cary and the Dixieland Doodlers (Columbia, 1959)
- Doc Cheatham, The Fabulous Doc Cheatham (Parkwood 1984)
- Wild Bill Davison, Swingin' Dixie (Bear, 1962)
- Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1963)
- Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge, Red Allen, Buck Clayton, Swing Trumpet Kings (Verve, 1996)
- Roy Eldridge, Swing Goes Dixie (Verve, 1956)
- Jim Galloway, Walking On Air (Bitter Sweet Jazz 1979)
- Leonard Gaskin, At the Jazz Band Ball (Prestige Swingville, 1962)
- Nancy Harrow, Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (Candid, 1961)
- Conrad Janis, Conrad Janis and His Tailgate Five (Jubilee, 1954)
- Henry Jerome, Strings in Dixieland (Decca, 1962)
- John Letman, The Many Angles of John Letman (Bethlehem, 1960)
- Marian McPartland, Piano Jazz with Dick Wellstood (Jazz Alliance, 1993)
- Tony Parenti, Tony Parenti and His Downtown Boys (Jazzology, 1965)
- Cynthia Sayer, The Jazz Banjo of Cynthia Sayer Volume One (New York Jazz, 1987)
- Janis Siegel, At Home (Atlantic, 1987)
- Jack Six, Bacharach Revisited: Bacharach for Instrumentalists (Music Minus One, 1969)
- Andy Stein, Goin' Places (Stomp Off, 1987)
- Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims, Joe & Zoot (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-507418-1.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Dick Wellstood". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Wilson, John S. (12 July 1987). "Jazz: Dick Wellstood At Carlyle Bar's Piano". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
Bibliography
- Scivales, Riccardo, ed. Dick Wellstood Jazz Piano Solos: Seven Historic Solos. San Diego, California: Neil A. Kjos Music, 1994
- Scivales, Riccardo, ed. Dick Wellstood: The Art of Jazz and Blues Piano. Vol. 1. London: Soliloquy Music, 2001
External links
- Dick Wellstood at the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
