Bobby Wellins
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Vinony files it under 1936 births, 2016 deaths and 20th-century British saxophonists.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1936-01-24
- Active to
- 2016-10-27
Discography
- Primrose Path1980
- Birds of Brazil1989
- Nomad1993
- The Satin Album1996
- Comme d'Habitude1998
- The Best Is Yet to Come2000
- Fun2004
- Tenor Saxophone2004
- Amoroso... ..Only More So2007
- Nine Songs2007
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,995
- Total plays
- 8,489
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Bobby (Robert Coull) Wellins was a jazz tenor saxophonist. He was born in Glasgow on 24 January 1936 and died on 27 October 2016. He came from a musical family and later studied music at college, originally playing alto sax. After college he played in dance bands and made his first recording in 1956 with Buddy Featherstonhaugh's quintet. In the early 1960s Wellins worked with the Tony Crombie Band, Tubby Hayes, and most notably began a long association with the pianist Stan Tracey. He recorded
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
- Image
- Bobby Wellins photo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bobby Wellins
- date of birth
- 1936-01-24
- date of death
- 2016-10-27
- birth name
- Robert Coull Wellins
- start of work period
- 2016-00-00
- nickname
- Bobby
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