Biography
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 s...
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The esteemed American jazz pianist appearances on BBC TV in 1981. Two as soloist and two in company with clari...

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A video and interview with the legendary Dick Wellstood in the 1977 CBC documentary They All Play Ragtime. Fir...

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Washington and Lee Swing, My Gal Sal, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic all given the Dick Wellstood treatme...


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Dick Wellstood plays Ellington during a tour of Germany in 1982...

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Dick Wellstood in a live performance March 16, 1987 at Cafe des Copains in Toronto, Canada. Wellstood was one ...

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Dick Wellstood live at the Cookery in New York City, 1975. The first is indeed a Wellstood composition, but th...

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Thou Swell Wellstood Dick/Dick Hyman 1986 Two Bosendorfer grands!, Two of the best stride players in the world...

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A masterpiece by Dick Wellstood. He took a theme written by Paginini and turned it into a Stride/Jazz masterpi...

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Three amazing performances by Dick Wellstood. The first is a solo from his amazing album This is the One... Di...

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The first song is a prime example of stride piano master Dick Wellstood doctoring up a familiar tune, Rubber D...

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Don and Dick perform piano duets at Manassas in 1979. This is one of them, Honeysuckel Rose...

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Dick Wellstood live in Dublin, 1977. Not only was he a one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, he was f...

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Will (YouTube s wilscool ) plays this popular song from 1899 in the style of jazz pianist Dick Wellstood, at t...

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Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin. This is a fantastic arrangement by Dick Wellstood that he played on his album ...

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As one would probably realize by now, I am a huge Wellstood fan. I recently decided that it would be nice to h...

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Use a cactus needle only. :-) Text by the late Dick Wellstood: This piece was held up to me early as the piece...

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Happy Birthday, played by Dick Wellstood on James P. Johnson s 91st birthday. That would make this recording d...

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Jimmy Archey s Giants of Jazz-Cakewalkin Babies Back Home-February 13, 1952, featuring a great stride piano so...

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Dick Hyman and Dick Wellstood performing two great Jazz standards: I m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a...



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Live at the Sticky Wicket in 1986. Three rarely heard James P. Johnson pieces....


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One of the greatest stride pianists of all time, the late, great Francois Rilhac. An amazingly talented young ...

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Ralph Sutton, Dick Wellstood, Eubie Blake, and Hoagy Carmichael play Maple Leaf Rag. This was the finale of a ...
Fats Waller Revisited
Stridemonster!
Live Hot Jazz
Alone
Night in Dublin
A Night in Dublin
Live at Hanratty's
Live at the Sticky Wicket
Dick Wellstood and His All-Star Orchestra Featuring Kenny Davern Plus The Blue Three
Ragtime Piano Favorites
This Is the One...Dig!
Live At Hanratty's
Fats Waller Revisited
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