Giant Strides: The Legacy of Dick Wellstood

by Edward N. Meyer

Dick Wellstood first became prominent as a teenager in Bob Wilber's "Wildcats," where his stride-style solos brought him to the forefront of the jazz world. In the following decades he became a regular fixture at the premiere jazz clubs in New York and toured Europe to critical acclaim.

Not only was Wellstood an expressive musician, but he was a literate and articulate writer as well. His articles and letters were published in Downbeat,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810835649
• ISBN13: 9780810835641
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"