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Musiker: Wells, Dicky

Nationalität: US

Geburtsjahr: 1907

Todesjahr: 1985

Instrumente: tb

Stile / Genres
Mainstream Jazz	→	Swing

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X = Album im einem SJO-Shop erhältlich Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret — Titel		Label	Label-Nummer	Aufnahme-Jahr
	ALEX WELSH — Bones for the King	Upbeat Records	URCD 193	1966+74	CD
	Allen - Hawkins Orchestra 1933 / Red Allen and his Orchestra 1934 — ALLEN - HAWKINS	GAPS	GAPS 070	1933-34	LP
	Andy Gibson / Mainstream Sextet — MAINSTREAM JAZZ (1959)	RCA Victor	430.718	1959	LP
	Ben Webster — "Ben" A Tribute To A Great Jazzman	Jazz Archives	JA-15	1936-45	LP
	Benny Carter & HIS All Star ORCHESTRA — Diga-Diga Do	Jazz Selection	JS606	1946	SH
	Benny Carter & HIS All Star ORCHESTRA — I'm the Caring Kind	Deluxe	1012-A / 1012-B	1946	SH
	Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 522	1929-1933	CD
	Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 522*	1929-33	CD
	Benny Carter & HIS ORCHESTRA — Some of These Days	Sofradi	1303	1946	SH
	Benny Carter And His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	Classics 1297	1948-52	CD
	Benny Carter and his Orchestra — HIT SOUNDS OF THE GREAT BENNY CARTER ORCHESTRA	Ember Records	CJS 802	1946	LP
X	Benny Carter and his Orchestra — THE DELUXE RECORDINGS	Swingtime	ST 1013	1946	LP
	Bill Coleman and his Swing Stars — Jazz A Pleyel N°1	Philips	N 76.006 R	1952	LP
	Bill Coleman and his Swing Stars — Jazz at pleyel N° 2	Philips	N 76.008 R	1952	LP
	Bill Coleman Buster Bailey — The Cradle of Jazz Cuttin' out	History	20.3017-HI	1924-42	CD
X	Billie Holiday — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY, VOL. 3	CBS	68230	1937-42	LP
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential #4	CBS	CDCBS-463333 12 A3	1937	CD
	Billie Holiday — The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 9 (1940-1942)	Columbia	COL 4679152	1940-42	CD
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOL.III	Columbia	PG 32127	1937-42	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 5 (1937-1938)	Columbia	CK 44423	1937-38	CD
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)	CBS	CBS 466313 2	1938	CD
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)	CBS	CBS 466313 1	1938	LP
	Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras — THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)	Columbia	CK 45449	1938	CD
	Booty Wood All Stars — BOOTY	Columbia	1342	1960	LP
	Booty Wood All Stars — HANG IN THERE	Master Jazz Records	MJR 8102	1960	LP
X	Buck Clayton — ALL STARS PERFORMANCE	Vogue	LD.544-30	1961	LP
	Buck Clayton — OLYMPIA CONCERT	Jazz Legacy	JLA. 54	1961	LP
	Buck Clayton — OLYMPIA CONCERT	Vogue / Jazz Legacy	JLA. 54	1961	LP
	Buck Clayton — Olympia Concert 22 Avril 1961	Jazz Legacy	VG 651 600 160	1961	CD
	Buck Clayton — ONE FOR BUCK	Metronome Records	15075	1961	LP
	Buck Clayton — One For Buck	The World Record Club	T601	1961	LP
	Buck Clayton — songs for swingers	Philips	B 07510 L	1958	LP
	Buck Clayton — The Classic Swing of BUCK CLAYTON	Riverside	RLP 142	1946	LP
	Buck Clayton — The Classic Swing of Buck Clayton	Riverside	OJC-1709	1946	LP
	Buck Clayton — The Classic Swing of BUCK CLAYTON	Riverside / Original Jazz Classics	OJC-1709	1946	LP
	Buck Clayton & His Orchestra — Cat Meets Chick	Columbia	CL 778	1955	LP
X	Buck Clayton All Stars — Basel 1961	TCB Records	TCB 02072	1961	CD
	Buck Clayton All Stars — Brussel 1961 / London 1965	Impro-Jazz	IJ 528	1961/65	DVD
	Buck Clayton All Stars — Buck Clayton & Jimmy Withersoon Live In Paris	Vogue	VJD 527	1961	LP
	Buck Clayton All Stars — Buck Clayton All Stars	Allegro Records	4121	1946	LP
	Buck Clayton All Stars — Buck Clayton With His All Stars Songs For Swingers	Columbia	CL 1320	1958	LP
	Buck Clayton All Stars — COPENHAGEN CONCERT	SteepleChase Records	SCC-6006/7 (Doppel) / SCC-6007 (Record 2)	1959	LP
X	Buck Clayton All Stars — COPENHAGEN CONCERT	SteepleChase Records	SCC-6006/7 (Doppel) / SCC-6006 (Record 1)	1959	LP
	Buck Clayton All Stars — Copenhagen Concert	SteepleChase Records	SCCD 36006/7	1959	CD
	Buck Clayton All Stars — Copenhagen Volume 1	SteepleChase Records	SCCD-36006	1959	CD
	Buck Clayton And His All Stars — Buck Clayton And His All Stars	Philips	429 616 BE	1958	EP
	Buck Clayton And His All Stars — Songs For Swingers	Columbia	8123	1958	LP
	Buck Clayton And His All Stars — Songs For Swingers	Philips	429 798 BE	1958	EP
	Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City Nine — GOIN' TO KANSAS CITY	Riverside	RLP 353	1960	LP
	Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City Nine — GOIN' TO KANSAS CITY	Riverside	RLP-9353 / OJC-1757	1960	LP
	Buddy Tate — BUDDY TATE and his Celebrity Club Orchestra Vol.2	Black & Blue	B&B 33020	1968	LP
X	Buddy Tate — BUDDY TATE and his celebrity club orchestra, vol. 2	Black & Blue	33 020	1968	LP
	Buddy Tate — Celebrity Club Orchestra Vol. 2	Black & Blue	33.020	1968	LP
	Buddy Tate — Swinging Like Tate	Affinity	AFF 171	1958	LP
	Buddy Tate All Stars — SWINGING LIKE TATE	Master Jazz Records	MJR 8127	1958	LP
	Buddy Tate and his Orchestra — Swinging Like.... Tate !	Felsted Records	FAJ 7004	1958	LP
	Buster Bailey — An Introduction to Buster Bailey - His Best Recordings 1924-1942	Best Of Jazz	4038	1924-42	CD
	Chocolate Dandies / Horace Henderson — CHOCOLATE DANDIES / HORACE HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Parlophone	R 1792	1933	SH
	Clarence Williams & His Orchestra — Vol.4 1934	Classic Jazz Masters	CJM 17	1934	LP
	Clarence Williams & His Orchestra — Vol.4 1934	Classic Jazz Masters	Classics CJM 17	1934	LP
	Coleman Hawkins — Il classico Coleman Hawkins	Musica Jazz	2 MJP 1009	1933-41	LP
	Coleman Hawkins — RARE BROADCASTS AREA 1950	Musidisc	30 JA 5217	1958	LP
X	Coleman Hawkins — THE HAWK	Regal	REG 1047	1933-34	LP
X	Coleman Hawkins / Horace Henderson and theire Orchestras — Vintage Hawk	Music for Pleasure	MFP 1128	1933-34	LP
	Coleman Hawkins (Side 1) and Lester Young (Side 2) — CLASSIC TENORS	Musidisc	30 CV 1252	1943	LP
	Coleman Hawkins - Lester Young — CLASSIC TENORS	Joker	SM 3259	1943	LP
	Coleman Hawkins / Lester Young — CLASSIC TENORS	Contact Records	CM-3	1943	LP
	Coleman Hawkins / Lester Young — CLASSIC TENORS	Flying Dutchman	FD 10146	1943	LP
	Coleman Hawkins / Lester Young — Classic Tenors	Stateside	SL 10117	1943	LP
X	Coleman Hawkins and his friends — AT A FAMOUS JAZZ PARTY	Enigma	302	1958	LP
X	Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Ben Webster and The Fletcher Henderson All-Stars 1957 — Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Ben Webster and The Fletcher Henderson All-Stars 1957	Musidisc	30 JA 5210	1957	LP
	Count Basie — "the jitters"	TAX	m-8027	1939-41	LP
	Count Basie — "the jitters"	TAX	TAX m-8027	1939-41	LP
	Count Basie — And His Kansas City Seven	Mercury	60 640	1944 - 1952	LP
	Count Basie — BIG BASIE	Queen Disc	Q-025	1944	LP
	Count Basie — Big Basie	Queen Disc	Q-025*	1944	LP
	Count Basie — Blues By Basie	Columbia	901	1939 - 1950	LP
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE	Caracol	CAR. 427	1943+45	LP
X	Count Basie — Count Basie	Fontana Records	J 73 804	1940-46	LP
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE	Queen Disc	Q-015	1939-41	LP
	Count Basie — Count Basie	Queen Disc	Q-015*	1939-41	LP
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE 1940/44	Jazz Society	AA 512	1940+44	LP
	Count Basie — Count Basie 1949 Shoutin' Blues	Bluebird	07863 66158 2	1949	CD
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1943 & 1944	Caracol	CAR. 421	1943+44	LP
	Count Basie — Count Basie and his Orchestra 1943 & 1944	Caracol	CAR. 421*	1943+44	LP
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE avec LESTER YOUNG SAXO	Philips	P 07.873 R	1939-40	LP
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE IN DISCO ORDER, VOLUME 14 1942 -1945	AJAZ Records	AJAZ-248	1942-45	LP
	Count Basie — COUNT BASIE SUPER CHIEF	CBS	67205 / 31224	1939-42	LP
	Count Basie — EARLY COUNT	Jazz Panorama	LP 23	1938-40	LP
	Count Basie — I Gioielli Di Count Basie	Musica Jazz	2MJP 1078	1938-50	LP
	Count Basie — Jazz Archives No 76	EPM	158082	1944-45	CD
	Count Basie — ONE NIGHT STAND WITH COUNT BASIE	Joyce Music	LP-1045	1945+46	LP
	Count Basie — One Night Stand with Count Basie	Joyce Music	LP-1045*	1945+46	LP
	Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	CBS	20AP 1465	1942-51	LP
	Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	CBS	JCL 997	1942-51	LP
	Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	Columbia	JCL 997*	1942-51	LP
	Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	Columbia	JCL 997	1942-51	LP
	Count Basie — One O'Clock Jump	Coronet	KLP-610	1942-51	LP
	Count Basie — Super Chief	CBS	67205	1936-42	LP
	Count Basie — Super Chief	CBS	M 67205	1936-42	LP
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Track-Titel	X = Album im SJO-Shop erhältlich Album		Label
'round About Midnight	X	Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Ben Webster and The Fletcher Henderson All-Stars 1957 — Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Ben Webster and The Fletcher Henderson All-Stars 1957	Musidisc	LP
'Round Midnight		Benny Carter And His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
(Have you forgotten) The you and me that used to be		Teddy Hill — TEDDY HILL AND HIS NBC ORCHESTRA (1937)	RCA Victor	LP
(The anniversary of) Minnie the moocher's wedding day		Various — RIDIN' IN RHYTHM	SWING	LP
9 : 20 Special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Beaver Junction	Vintage Jazz	CD
9.20 Secial		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
9:20 special		Count Basie — COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1943 & 1944	Caracol	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — SUPER COUNT BASIE	Musidisc	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie — COUNT BASIE	Queen Disc	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie and his Orchestra — SUGAR HILL SHUFFLE	Windmill	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Jazz Panorama	LP
9:20 special	X	Count Basie — Count Basie	Fontana Records	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & his Orchestra — The Best Of Basie Vol. 2	Roulette	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Count Basie & His Orchestra	Jazz Panorama	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — COUNT BASIE & LESTER	CARACOL	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie — Count Basie	Queen Disc	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — The BEST of BASIE VOL. 2	Roulette Records	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie and his Orchestra — ROCK THE BLUES !	Epic	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — CAFE SOCIETY UPTOWN VOL.1 1941	Jazz Unlimited	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie & His Orchestra — MORE 1944	Circle Records	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie — Count Basie and his Orchestra 1943 & 1944	Caracol	LP
9:20 special		Count Basie and his Orchestra — THE ESSENTIAL VOLUME 3	CBS	CD
9:20 special		Count Basie and his Orchestra — THE ESSENTIAL VOLUME 3	CBS	LP
A Hundred Years From Today	X	Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Ben Webster and The Fletcher Henderson All-Stars 1957 — Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Ben Webster and The Fletcher Henderson All-Stars 1957	Musidisc	LP
A Journey To A Star		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Avenue C	Green Line	CD
A journey to a star		Count Basie & His Orchestra — AVENUE C	Green Line	LP
A jumpin' something	X	Earl Hines — EARL "FATHA" HINES	Everest Records	LP
A jumpin' something	X	Earl "Fatah" Hines — BLUES FOR GARROWAY	Music for Pleasure	LP
A jumping something		Earl Hines and his All Stars — EARL "FATHA" HINES	Hall of Fame	LP
A jumping something		Earl Hines — EARL "FATHA" HINES	Coronet	LP
A Study In Brown		Teddy Hill & His Orchestra — Uptown Rhapsody	Hep Records	CD
A study In brown		Teddy Hill — TEDDY HILL AND HIS NBC ORCHESTRA (1937)	RCA Victor	LP
A study in brown		Teddy Hill and his NBC-Orchestra (Side 1) - Willie Bryant and his Orchestra (Side 2) — JAZZ STAR SERIE NO.11	RCA Victor	LP
A Study in Brown		Teddy Hill And His Orchestra 1937 / Willie Bryant And His Orchestra 1936 — Jazz Star Serie No. 11	RCA Victor	LP
After theatre jump		Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven (Side1) - Lester Young and his Quartet (Side 2) — COUNT BASIE	Mercury	LP
After theatre jump		Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven (Side1) - Lester Young and his Quartet (Side 2) — Count Basie	Mercury	LP
After theatre jump		Lester Young — LEAPS AGAIN !	Fontana Records	LP
After theatre jump		Lester Young — PRES ON KEYNOTE	Mercury	LP
After Theatre Jump		Lester Young — Lester Leaps Again	Naxos Jazz	CD
After theatre jump 1		Various — The Complete Keynote Collection, Record 4	Keynote Recordings	LP
After theatre jump 2		Lester Young — "Pres" at his very best	Mercury	LP
After theatre jump 2		Various — The Complete Keynote Collection, Record 4	Keynote Recordings	LP
After theatre jump 2		Lester Young — "PRES" AT HIS VERY BEST	EmArcy	LP
After theatre jump 2		Lester Young — PRES AT HIS VERY BEST 1965	Trip	LP
After You' Ve Gone / Conclusion		Buck Clayton & His Orchestra — Cat Meets Chick	Columbia	LP
After you've gone		Count Basie — THE COUNT	RCA	LP
After You've gone		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Shoutin' Blues	Past Perfect Silver Line	CD
After You've Gone		Dicky Wells & Bill Coleman — Americans Swinging In Paris Dicky Wells	Charly Records	CD
Ain't but the one (Son of a gun)		Count Basie & His Orchestra — THE BASIE SPECIAL	Everybodys	LP
Ain't cha glad		Various — EVERYBODY SWING	Regal	LP
Ain't cha glad		Various — The Big Bands / 1933	Prestige	LP
Ain't cha glad?		Various — RIDIN' IN RHYTHM	SWING	LP
Ain't cha got music ?		Allen - Hawkins Orchestra 1933 / Red Allen and his Orchestra 1934 — ALLEN - HAWKINS	GAPS	LP
Ain't It The Truth		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Avenue C	Green Line	CD
Ain't It The Truth		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Count Basie Orchestra featuring Lester Young	Swing Treasury	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	CBS	LP
Ain't it the truth	X	Lester Young 1940 -1941 — HISTORICAL PREZ	Everybodys	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	Columbia	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie & His Orchestra — COUNT BASIE and his Orchestra featuring LESTER YOUNG, May 1944 New York	Musidisc	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie & His Orchestra — THE COUNT AND LESTER Volume 2	Caracol	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie and Orchestras — Blues by basie	Tax	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie — One O'Clock Jump	Coronet	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	Columbia	LP
Ain't it the truth		Count Basie — ONE O'CLOCK JUMP	CBS	LP
Ain't it the truth ?		Count Basie — COUNT BASIE IN DISCO ORDER, VOLUME 14 1942 -1945	AJAZ Records	LP
Ain't it the truth?		Count Basie & His Orchestra — MORE 1944	Circle Records	LP
Ain't it the truth?		Count Basie & His Orchestra — AVENUE C	Green Line	LP
Ain't misbehavin'		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Count Basie Orchestra featuring Lester Young	Swing Treasury	LP
Ain't misbehavin'		Count Basie & His Orchestra — COUNT BASIE and his Orchestra featuring LESTER YOUNG, May 1944 New York	Musidisc	LP
Ain't misbehavin'	X	Lester Young 1940 -1941 — HISTORICAL PREZ	Everybodys	LP
Ain't misbehavin'	X	Jay McShann — THE BIG APPLE BASH	Atlantic	LP
Ain't misbehavin'	X	Jay McShann — THE BIG APPLE BASH	Atlantic	LP
Ain't misbehavin'	X	Jay McShann — THE BIG APPLE BASH	Atlantic	LP
Ain't She Sweet		Buck Clayton & His Orchestra — Cat Meets Chick	Columbia	LP
Ain't the truth		Count Basie — One Night Stand with Count Basie	Joyce Music	LP
Ain't the truth		Count Basie — ONE NIGHT STAND WITH COUNT BASIE	Joyce Music	LP
Ain't We Got Fun		Rex Stewart & Wells Dickie — Chatter Jazz / The Talkative Horns Of Rex Stewart & Dickie Wells	RCA Victor	LP
Ain'tcha Got music?		Henry "Red" Allen & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Air In D Flat		Benny Carter & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
Air in D flat	X	Spike Hughes — SPIKE HUGHES AND HIS AMERICAN ORCHESTRA	Decca Ace of Clubs	LP
Air in D flat		Spike Hughes — SPIKE HUGHES AND HIS AMERICAN ORCHESTRA	Jasmine Records	LP
Air in D flat		Spike Hughes — SPIKE HUGHES AND HIS AMERICAN ORCHESTRA	Decca	LP
Air in D flat		Spike Hughes — SPIKE HUGHES AND HIS AMERICAN ORCHESTRA	Decca Ace of Clubs	LP
Air in D flat		Spike Hughes — SPIKE HUGHES AND HIS ALL AMERICAN ORCHESTRA	Decca Ace of Clubs	LP
Air In D Flat		Spike Hughes and his Orchestra / Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra — Sweet Sorrow Blues / Air In D Flat	Decca	SH
Air mail special		Various — HARLEM ROOTS - THE BIG BANDS	Storyville	LP
Airlift	X	Dickie Wells All Stars — TROMBONE FOUR-IN-HAND	Master Jazz Records	LP
Airlift		Dicky Wells — The Stanley Dance Sessions	Lonehill Jazz	CD
Airlift		Dicky Wells — Trombone Four-in-hand	Affinity	LP
All Of Me		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
All or nothing at all		Count Basie — "the jitters"	TAX	LP
All or nothing at all		Count Basie — "the jitters"	TAX	LP
All too soon	X	Nancy Harrow with Buck Clayton's All Stars — WILD WOMAN DON'T HAVE THE BLUES	Candid	LP
Almost like being in love		Earl Hines — EARL "FATHA" HINES	Coronet	LP
Almost like being in love		Earl Hines and his All Stars — EARL "FATHA" HINES	Hall of Fame	LP
Alone Together		Benny Carter And His Orchestra — Classics	Classics Records	CD
An old manuscript		Count Basie — This and That	Swing House	LP
And So Little Time		Count Basie & His Orchestra — Avenue C	Green Line	CD
And so little time		Count Basie & His Orchestra — AVENUE C	Green Line	LP
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Wells wuchs in Louisville in Kentucky auf und kam 1926 nach New York, wo er Mitglied der Band von Lloyd Scott und Cecil Scott wurde, mit dem er auch aufnahm. Er spielte auch in den Bands von Elmer Snowden, Charlie Johnson und Luis Russell. In den 1930er Jahren wurde er bekannt durch seine Mitgliedschaft in den Bands von Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Teddy Hill, mit dem er 1937 auf eine Europatournee ging, bei der Wells unter eigenem Namen für das neu gegründete Label Swing einspielte. Er spielte auch bei Spike Hughes und 1937 mit Django Reinhardt (Aufnahme Sweet Sue). Bekannt wurde er durch seine Zeit 1938 bis 1945 (Aufnahmen Taxi War Dance, Dickies Dream) und 1947 bis 1950 in der Count Basie Bigband. Auch danach begleitete er den Sänger der Basie-Band Jimmy Rushing und spielte auch 1957 in der Fernsehsendung The Sound of Jazz (in der auch Basie und Rushing auftraten, sie spielten unter anderem Dickies Dream). Er tourte mit Buck Clayton in Europa und spielte Anfang der 1960er Jahre mit Ray Charles (1961–63). Ab Mitte der 1960er Jahre hatte er aufgrund von Alkoholproblemen zunehmend Schwierigkeiten Engagements zu bekommen und arbeitete tagsüber als Bote. Sein letztes Album erschien 1981. Wells veröffentlichte auch Memoiren mit Stanley Dance (The Night People - the Jazz life of Dicky Wells, 1971) (Wikipedia).