MINIMAL BIOGRAPHY:
Great drummer, he was born Ricardo Dalvert Wellman on April 11th, 1956 in Bethesda. He sometimes appears credited as Ricardo D Wellman or under his nickname Sugarfoot.
After playing in Peaches & Herb and Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, he joined Miles Davis Group for 4 years. After that, he played in Santana.
He passed away on November 23rd, 2013 in Newport News, Va, due to pancreatic cancer. He was only 57.
THE SOUL SEARCHERS
This were the members of Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers in 1987:
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THE SOUL SEARCHERS #? |
1987 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Brown † guitar, vocals | Glenn Ellis bass | Curtis Johnson keyboards | John Buchanan keyboards, trombone | Donald Tillery trumpet | Leroy Fleming sax |
Rowland Smith percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
MILES DAVIS GROUP
Ricky joined Miles Davis in May 1987 and stayed until Miles´ death in September 1991.
This was the Miles Davis Group in July 1988:
This was another edition of Miles Davis Group in the summer of 1988:
This was the Miles Davis Group in October 1988:
This was a different edition of the Miles Davis Group in 1989:
This was the Miles Davis Group in July 1989:
This was the Miles Davis Group that played in Spain in July 1990, and kept on touring in September 1990:
This was the Miles Davis Group in August 1991, probably the last one:
This was the Miles Davis Group in July 1988:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1988 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet | Foley McCreary guitar | Benny Rietveld bass | Adam Holzman keyboards | Robert Irving III keyboards | Kenny Garrett sax |
Marilyn Mazur percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
This was another edition of Miles Davis Group in the summer of 1988:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1988 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet | Foley McCreary guitar | Darryl Jones bass | Adam Holzman keyboards | Robert Irving III keyboards | Kenny Garrett sax |
Rudy Bird percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
This was the Miles Davis Group in October 1988:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1988 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet | Foley McCreary guitar | Benny Rietveld bass | Adam Holzman keyboards | Joey DeFrancesco keyboards | Kenny Garrett sax |
Marilyn Mazur percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
This was a different edition of the Miles Davis Group in 1989:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1989 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet | Foley McCreary guitar | Benny Rietveld bass | John Beasley keyboards | Kei Akagi keyboards | Kenny Garrett sax |
Munyungo Jackson percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
This was the Miles Davis Group in July 1989:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1989 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet | Foley McCreary guitar | Benny Rietveld bass | Adam Holzman keyboards | Kei Akagi keyboards | Rick Margitza sax |
Munyungo Jackson percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
This was the Miles Davis Group that played in Spain in July 1990, and kept on touring in September 1990:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1990 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet | Foley McCreary guitar | Richard Patterson bass | Kei Akagi keyboards | Kenny Garrett sax | Erin Davis percussion |
Ricky Wellman † drums |
This was the Miles Davis Group in August 1991, probably the last one:
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MILES DAVIS GROUP #? |
1991 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis † trumpet, keyboards | Foley McCreary guitar | Richard Patterson bass | Deron Johnson keyboards | Kenny Garrett sax | Ricky Wellman † drums |
TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS
In July 1994, a special concert as a Tribute To Miles Davis was held, with some of his past bandmates:
A live DVD was released in 2004, A Tribute to Miles Davis, from that concert.
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TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS #? |
1994 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carla Cook vocals | Randy Hall guitar | Victor Bailey bass | Adam Holzman keyboards | Robert Irving III keyboards | David McMurray sax |
Mino Cinelu percussion | Ricky Wellman † drums |
A live DVD was released in 2004, A Tribute to Miles Davis, from that concert.
SANTANA
Ricky Wellman joined Santana for a brief period, just during September 1997:
BANDS AND SELECTED RECORDINGS:
SOME SESSIONS:
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SANTANA #? |
Sep 97 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Santana guitar | Tony Lindsay vocals | Benny Rietveld bass | Chester Thompson keyboards | Raul Rekow percussion | Karl Perazzo percussion |
Horacio ´El Negro´ Hernandez drums | Ricky Wellman † drums |
BANDS AND SELECTED RECORDINGS:
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||
| Miles Davis Group | 8 RECORDINGS:
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| The Jaguars | ||||||||
| Peaches & Herb | ||||||||
| Santana |
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| The Soul Searchers | 4 RECORDINGS:
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| Tribute To Miles Davis | 1 RECORDINGS:
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SOME SESSIONS:
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||
| Bob Belden Group | 2 RECORDINGS:
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| Chuck Brown Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| C J´s Upton Crew | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Kenny Garrett Group | 2 RECORDINGS:
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| Frank Hooker Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Paolo Rustichelli Group | 2 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED MUSICIANS:
Ricky Wellman mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Foley McCreary (12)
Miles Davis (11)
Kenny Garrett (10)
Benny Rietveld (10)
Adam Holzman (8)
Kei Akagi (7)
Munyungo Jackson (7)
Chuck Brown (5)
Robert Irving III (5)
Rick Margitza (5)
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