Robert Coull Wellins (24 January 1936 – 27 October 2016) was a Scottish tenor saxophonist who collaborated with Stan Tracey on the album Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" (1965).
In 2011, the artistic director of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Tommy Smith, commissioned Florian Ross to arrange Wellins' five-movement Culloden Moor Suite: The Gathering, The March, The Battle, Aftermath and the Epilogue, which toured Scotland and Shetland.
The Herald's Rob Adams stated: "Wellins had been inspired to write in 1961 after reading John Prebble's account of the last battle to be fought on British soil and its chilling aftermath.
"[7] Writing in The Guardian, Dave Gelly noted of the Culloden Moor Suite: "His dry, haunting tone and spare, eloquent phrases dominate the performance and make this an outstanding album.
Using interview and concert footage, the film traces the rise, fall and redemption of Wellins, showing how he overcame addiction and depression, and rediscovered the desire to play after ten years away from jazz.