Dick Wellstood

Jazz and ragtime pianist. Beginning in 1946, he played boogie-woogie, swing, stride piano, and dixieland with bands led by Bob Wilber. A year later he began two years of accompanying Sidney Bechet. In 1952 he toured Europe with Jimmy Archey, then worked with Roy Eldridge. Through the 1950s he worked with a band led by Conrad Janis.