Jazz Articles

Nick Weldon: Eleven Flames

by Roger Farbey
April 10, 2019

Nick Weldon is best known as a pianist and in that context has accompanied some of the biggest names in jazz including Sonny Stitt, Johnny Griffin and Jimmy Witherspoon. However on this album he plays bass. He's had classical training on the instrument and in addition to jazz dates, he continues to play in orchestras. But Weldon is clearly much more than merely competent as a jazz bassist. His dexterous playing shines through the whole of this album—a prime example: ...