This Is the One...Dig!

by Dick Wellstood

Overview

This was the great pianist Dick Wellstood's personal favorite record and one can understand why. The music is very well recorded and Wellstood sounds quite inspired throughout the solo set. For the 1994 CD reissue, the original eight songs are joined by eight additional (and previously unreleased) performances and the quality stays consistently high. Wellstood, who had an open mind toward more modern styles of jazz while keeping his stride piano style undiluted, performs surprising versions of "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" and John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" in addition to some swing standards and classics associated with James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Earl Hines. Among the highpoints are "Snowy Morning Blues," "If Dreams Come True," "Rosetta" and a piece based on a classical work ("Paganini's Thing"). This is an essential acquisition for classic jazz collectors. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/1995
Label:	Solo Art
UPC:	0762247811923
Rank:	164192

Tracks

1. Carolina Shout
2. Snowy Morning Blues
3. If Dreams Come True
4. Sugar
5. Paganini's Thing
6. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
7. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
8. Everything I've Got
9. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
10. The Steeplechase
11. Giant Steps
12. You've Got That Thing
13. Viper's Drag
14. Rosetta
15. You Go to My Head
16. The Mule Walk

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dick Wellstood   Primary Artist,Piano

Technical Credits

Benny Goodman   Composer
John Coltrane   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Earl Hines   Composer
Niccolo Paganini   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Hank O'Neal   Portrait Photography
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Dick Wellstood   Producer
Henri Woode   Composer
George H. Buck, Jr.   Producer,Liner Notes
Edna Alexander   Composer
Wendell Echols   Production Coordination
Parker Dinkins   Mastering
Fats Waller   Composer
James P. Johnson   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Sidney Mitchell   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer