This Is the One...Dig! (1975)

About this title: 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 ... read more

Tracks:

1. Carolina Shout [Johnson]
2. Snowy Morning Blues [Johnson]
3. If Dreams Come True [Goodman/Mills/Samps]
4. Sugar [Alexander/Mitchell/]
5. Paganini's Thing [Paganini]
6. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise [Hammerstein/Romberg]
7. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now [Waller/Razaf]
8. Everything I've Got
9. You Are the Sunshine of My Life [Wonder]
10. The Steeplechase
11. Giant Steps [Coltrane]
12. You've Got That Thing [Porter]
13. Viper's Drag [Waller]
14. Rosetta [Hines/Woode]
15. You Go to My Head [Coots/Gillespie]
16. The Mule Walk

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.