Bill Wells (born c. 1963) is a Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer.
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Biography
Wells is completely self-taught, and began performing in clubs in Scotland in the late 1980s. He began arranging his own work and initially offered these to Bobby Wishart, but when Wishart declined the offer, Wells formed his own Bill Wells Octet, which has included Lindsay Cooper, Alastair Morrow, Robert Henderson, John Longbotham, Phil and Tom Bancroft. Wells' style of experimental jazz takes influences from Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Gil Evans, and Charles Mingus.
Wells has collaborated with several prominent Scottish independent rock and pop musicians, including with David Keenan of Telstar Ponies and John Hogarty of BMX Bandits in the group Phantom Engineer, and with Stevie Jackson and Isobel Campbell of Belle & Sebastian in live performances and also in the studio; Wells recorded the Ghost of Yesterday album with Campbell, and Jackson played on Wells' Incorrect Practice album.
During 2006 he received a Scottish Arts Council 'Tune Up' commission for a tour of Scotland.
Discography
Stefan Schneider
Pianotapes
Solo
The Viaduct Tuba Trio Plays The Music of Bill Wells
Lemondale
With Phantom Engineer
Phantom Engineer (1996)
With Future Pilot A.K.A.
The Bill Wells Octet Vs. Future Pilot A.K.A. (1999) Domino
The Bill Wells Trio
Incorrect Practice (2000) Geographic
Also in White (2002) Geographic
With Isobel Campbell
Ghost of Yesterday (2002) Creeping Bent
With Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Osaka Bridge
GOK (2009) Geographic
With Tape
Fugue (2010) Thrill Jockey
With Aidan Moffat
Everything's Getting Older (2011)
The Most Important Place in the World (2015)
As Bill Wells & Friends
Nursery Rhymes (2015)
EP
Dilf_77 would like to chat
Cruel summer