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Wellman Braud

real name Wellman Breaux

St. James Parish, United States

Wellman Braud is credited on 833 releases across 294 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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833

Credits

294

Albums

7

Decades active

49

In collections

Biography

Jazz double bassist
Born 25 January 1891 in St. James Parish, Louisiana
Died 29 October 1966 in Los Angeles, California.
1917 he moved to Chicago, played with Charlie Elgar (1920-22) and toured Europe. 1927-35 he was in Duke Ellington And His Orchestra. He was a member of The Spirits Of Rhythm (1935-37) and recorded with Jelly Roll Morton (1939-1940) and Sidney Bechet (1940-1941). Later he recorded again with Duke Ellington (1944 and 1961), with Bunk Johnson (1947) and Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band (1956)

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Credited work

833 releases · 294 albums · active 1950–2017

  • Performance · 1,544
  • Other credits · 10

Studios: Cotton Club · WOR Studios · Mozarteum · Carnegie Hall

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