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American jazz trombonist (born 1943)
Musical artist
Fred Wesley at Funk n Waffles Bar in Syracuse, NY, March 30, 2007.
Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943)[1] trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s , and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s .
Biography
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Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band leader in Columbus, Georgia , and was raised in Mobile, Alabama . As a child, he took piano and later trumpet lessons. He played baritone horn and trombone in school, and at around age 12 his father brought a trombone home, whereupon he switched (eventually permanently) to trombone .[2]
During the 1960s and 1970s, he was a pivotal member of James Brown 's bands,[3] Say it Loud - I'm Black, and I'm Proud ," "Mother Popcorn " and co-writing tunes such as "Hot Pants ." His slippery riffs and precise solos , complementing those of saxophonist Maceo Parker , gave Brown's R&B , soul , and funk tunes their instrumental punch. In the 1970s , he also was band leader and musical director of Brown's band the J.B.'s , and did much of the group's composing and arranging. His name was credited on 'Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s' recording of "Doing It to Death ," which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in July 1973.[4] George Clinton 's various Parliament-Funkadelic projects, even recording a couple of albums as the leader of a spin-off group, The Horny Horns .[3]
Wesley became a force in jazz in 1978 when he joined the Count Basie Orchestra. He released his first jazz album as a leader, To Someone , in 1988. It was followed by New Friends Comme Ci Comme Ca in 1991, the live album Swing and Be Funky , and Amalgamation
In the early 1990s, Wesley toured with his colleagues from the James Brown band, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker, as the JB Horns. With the departure of Ellis, the band became the Maceo Parker Band. Wesley was featured as a trombonist with Parker until 1996 when he formed his own band, The Fred Wesley Group, now known as Fred Wesley and the New JBs.
Wesley recorded an album with San Diego soul-jazz luminaries The Greyboy Allstars in 1994 called West Coast Boogaloo , and toured with the band in 1995, 1996 and again in 2012.[5] [6]
Backstage in Cologne/Germany 1998
Wesley's career includes playing with and arranging for a wide variety of other artists including Ray Charles , Lionel Hampton , Randy Crawford , Vanessa Williams , The SOS Band , Cameo , Van Morrison , Socalled and rappers De La Soul , to name a few. Many other artists have sampled his work. In 2002 Wesley wrote Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman , an autobiography about his life as a sideman . Also in 2002 he recorded an album entitled Wuda Cuda Shuda.
Wesley was an adjunct professor in the Jazz Studies department of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 2004 to 2006, and now works with students as a visiting artist at numerous other schools, including Berklee College of Music and Columbia College of Chicago . In addition to performing with his own band, he tours as part of a collaboration called Abraham Inc. along with Klezmer artist David Krakauer and Klezmer/hip-hop artist Socalled .
In 2007, Wesley accepted an invitation to contribute to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino Vanguard ). He participated with Lenny Kravitz , the Rebirth Brass Band , Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews , Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker to contribute their version of Domino's "Whole Lotta Lovin'."
In 2010, Wesley contributed to Kings (Freestyle Records), the fourth album by Israeli funk and groove ensemble the Apples . Specific sessions on the album were dedicated to working with Wesley, one of the group's heroes.[7]
Discography
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As leader
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Damn Right I Am Somebody [8]
Breakin' Bread [3]
A Blow for Me, a Toot to You [3]
Say Blow by Blow Backwards
House Party
Blow Your Head
To Someone [3]
New Friends
Comme Ci Comme Ca (Antilles 1991)
Swing & Be Funky
Amalgamation
The Final Blow
Full Circle
Wuda Cuda Shuda
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Funk for Your Ass
With a Little Help from My Friends
Studio Live Session (LoEnd, 2018)
As sideman
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With George Benson
With James Brown
Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud
Sex Machine
Funky Drummer
It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In
Hot Pants
Love Power Peace
Soul Power
CD of JB (Polydor, 1985)[9]
In the Jungle Groove
CD of JB II (Polydor, 1987)
Motherlode
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (P-Vine, 1990)
Star Time
The Payback (Polydor, 1993)
Get On the Good Foot
Revolution of the Mind
Hell (Polydor, 1995)
Reality (Polydor, 1996)
Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
Make It Funky
Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
Get On Up The James Brown Story (Polydor, 2014)
Get Down with James Brown: Live at the Apollo Volume IV (Polydor, 2016)
Live at Home with His Bad Self (Republic/UMe 2019)
Live at Home with His Bad Self: The After Show (Republic/UMe 2019)
With George Clinton
With Bootsy Collins
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Ahh...the Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy? Player of the Year
This Boot Is Made for Fonk-n
Ultra Wave
F-Encounter (Warner Bros., 1980)
The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away
What's Bootsy Doin'?
Jungle Bass
Blasters of the Universe
Fresh Outta 'P' University
Live in Louisville 1978
Christmas Is 4 Ever
Tha Funk Capital of the World
With Hank Crawford
With Deee-Lite
With Pee Wee Ellis
A New Shift (Minor Music, 1996)
What You Like (Minor Music, 1997)
Live and Funky (Skip, 2001)
The Spirit of Christmas (Minor Music, 2013)
With J.B. Horns
Doing It to Death [10]
Pee Wee, Fred & Maceo (Gramavision, 1990)
Funky Good Time/Live (Tokuma, 1992)
I Like It Like That (Soulciety, 1993)
Bring the Funk On Down (ZYX Music, 1999)
With Maceo Parker
Roots Revisited
For All the King's Men (4th & Broadway, 1990)
Mo' Roots
Life On Planet Groove
Horn Riffs for DJ's (Tuff City, 1992)
Horn Riffs for DJ's Volume 2 (Tuff City, 1993)
Southern Exposure
Maceo (Minor Music, 1994)
Funkoverload
My First Name Is Maceo (Minor Music, 2003)
Live in Funky Good Time (Sounds of Ordinary Madness, 2008)
Roots Revisited The Bremen Concert (Minor Music, 2015)
Life On Planet Groove Revisited (Minor Music, 2018)
With Parliament
With Bernie Worrell
With others
10,000 Maniacs , Our Time in Eden (Elektra, 1992)
Gerald Albright , Pushing the Envelope (Heads Up, 2010)
The Apples , Kings (Freestyle, 2010)[11]
Susanne Alt , On Track (Venus, 2009)
Allan Barnes , The Caretaker (Riza, 1986)
Scott Bomar , Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix/Masterworks/Milan, 2020)
Bonerama , Live from New York (Mule Train Music, 2004)
Randy Brecker , 34th N Lex (ESC, 2002)
The Brides of Funkenstein , Live at the Howard Theatre 1978 (Sequel, 1994)
Tom Browne , S' Up (Cheetah 2010)
Vernon Burch , Steppin' Out (Chocolate City 1980)
Bobby Byrd , Finally Getting Paid (Rhythm Attack, 1988)
David Byrne , Music for the Knee Plays (ECM, 1985)
Terry Callier , Turn You to Love (Elektra, 1979)
Cameo , Machismo (Atlanta Artists, 1988)
Jean Carn , Trust Me (Motown, 1982)
Natalie Cole , Dangerous (ATCO, 1985)
Color Me Badd , Time and Chance (Giant, 1993)
Carla Cook , Dem Bones (Maxjazz, 2001)
Randy Crawford , Naked and True (WEA, 1995)
Brian Culbertson , Brnging Back the Funk (GRP, 2008)
David Helbock ´s Austrian Syndicate (ACT, 2023)
Dazz Band , On the One (Motown, 1982)
De La Soul , Buhloone Mindstate (Tommy Boy, 1993)
Karl Denson , The Bridge (Relaxed, 2002)
Digital Underground , This Is an E.P. Release (Attic, 1991)
Dr. John , Creole Moon (Blue Note, 2001)
Candy Dulfer , What Does It Take (N-Coded, 1999)
Funkadelic , First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate (C Kunspyruhzy, 2014)
Gap Band , Gap Band V Jammin' (Total Experience, 1983)
Earth, Wind & Fire , Faces (ARC/Columbia, 1980)
Flakes , Flakes I 1980 (Magic Disc, 1980)
General Caine , Girls (Tabu, 1982)
Godmoma , Here (Elektra, 1981)
Larry Goldings , Whatever It Takes (Warner Bros., 1995)
Gov't Mule , The Deepest End (Evangeline/ATO, 2003)
Greyboy Allstars , West Coast Boogaloo (Greyboy, 1994)
Groove Collective , People People Music Music (Savoy, 2005)
Michael Henderson , Bedtimes Stories (EMI, 1986)
Martha High , It's High Time (Diaspora Connections, 2009)
Hocus Pocus , Place 54 Onandon (Motown, 2007)
Javon Jackson , Easy Does It (Palmetto, 2003)
Milt Jackson & Count Basie , Milt Jackson + Count Basie + the Big Band Vol. 1 (Pablo, 1978)
Milt Jackson & Count Basie, Milt Jackson + Count Basie + the Big Band Vol. 2 (Pablo, 1978)
Jazzkantine , Heiss & Fettig (RCA, 1995)
Jonathan Jeremiah , A Solitary Man (Island, 2011)
Jestofunk , The Remixes (Irma, 1997)
Jestofunk, Universal Mother (Dance Pool, 1998)
Nils Landgren , 5000 Miles (ACT, 1999)
Frankie Lee , Face It! (Demon, 1985)
Webster Lewis , Let Me Be the One (Epic, 1981)
Material , The Third Power (Axiom, 1991)
Marcus Miller , M2 (Telarc, 2001)
Mop Mop , Isle of Magic (Agogo, 2013)
Jamie J. Morgan , Walk On the Wild Side (Tabu, 1990)
Idris Muhammad , House of the Rising Sun (Kudu, 1976)
New Birth , Platinum City (Ariola, 1979)
P-Funk All Stars , (Urban Dancefloor Guerillas (CBS, 1983)
Parlet , Pleasure Principle (Casablanca, 1978)
Parlet, Play Me or Trade Me (Casablanca, 1980)
Esther Phillips , For All We Know (Kudu, 1976)
St. Clair Pinckney , Private Stock (Ichiban 1989)
Rad, Getting Down Is Free (7 Bridges/P-Vine, 2009)
Red Hot Chili Peppers , Freaky Styley (EMI, 1985)
Terry Reid , Seed of Memory (ABC, 1976)
The S.O.S. Band , S.O.S. (Tabu, 1980)
The S.O.S. Band, The S.O.S. Band Too (Tabu, 1981)
Oumou Sangare , Seya (World Circuit, 2009)
Poncho Sanchez , Out of Sight (Concord, Jazz/Elemental Music 2015)
Socalled , Ghettoblaster (Bleu Electric, 2006)
Socalled, Peoplewatching (Dare to Care, 2015)
Soulive , Doin' Something (Blue Note, 2001)
Soulive, Steady Groovin' (Blue Note, 2005)
James Taylor Quartet , Wait a Minute (Polydor, 1988)
Hans Theessink , Call Me (Blue Groove, 1992)
The Temptations , Surface Thrills (Motown, 1983)
Robert Trowers , Point of View (Concord, 1995)
Phil Upchurch , Whatever Happened to the Blues (Go Jazz, 1992)
Marva Whitney , Live and Lowdown at the Apollo (King, 1969)
Larry Williams , That Larry Williams (Fantasy, 1978)
Lenny Williams , Changing (Rocshire, 1984)
Vanessa Williams , The Right Stuff (Polydor, 1988)
Bobby Womack , The Poet II (Beverly Glen Music, 1984)
Stevie Woods , The Woman in My Life (Ariola, 1982)
Nanette Workman , Nanette Workman (Pacha 1977)
Michael Wycoff , Love Conquers All (Big Break, 2008)
Young Disciples , Road to Freedom (Talkin' Loud, 1991)
Bibliography
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References
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^ a b c d e Colin Larkin , ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music Guinness Publishing . p. 294. ISBN 0-85112-733-9
^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs ISBN 0-214-20512-6
^ "Greyboy Allstars Live at Stone Coast Brewery on 1996-06-26" (Sound recording). Uploaded by RLBayers. Portland, Maine. July 31, 2019 [Recorded on June 26, 1996]. Retrieved March 1, 2022 – via Archive.org.{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: others (link )
^ "TENOR MAN: Karl Denson On The Greyboy Allstars' Humble Beginnings, 'West Coast Boogaloo', & 'Como De Allstars' [Interview]" . Liveforlivemusic.com . 15 September 2020. Archived from the original on Feb 5, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022 .
^ "Review: The Apples - Kings - out on Freestyle Records" . parisdj.com. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015 .
^ "The J.B.'s / Fred Wesley / Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s – Damn Right I Am Somebody" . AllMusic. 1974. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015 .
^ "James Brown – The CD of J.B: Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics – credits" . AllMusic. 1985. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2015 .
^ "The J.B.'s – Doing It to Death" . AllMusic. 1973. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015 .
^ "The Apples – discography" . AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015 .
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