8.30 - 11.00pm
£6 on the door
Born
1936 in Glasgow, Bobby worked with Stan Tracey's Quartet during the
1960s, playing on the classic album "Under Milk Wood". In a poll by Jazz
UK magazine, readers chose this record as their all-time favourite
British jazz album. Bobby was absent from the jazz scene for a number of
years, until in 1976 he formed a quartet and with Don Weller, a
quintet. He was then able to perform regularly and start recording
again. Bobby Wellins is and always has been an original with his own
distinctive sound. "Bobby Wellins has a tenor sax tone so celebrated
that it has become the one aspect of his playing everbody mentions. But
that gorgeous, smoky sound is part of a complete style that involves
articulation, phrasing and a delightfully wayward approach to time" -
The Observer.