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Fred Wesley

112 releases  ·  208 collaborators  ·  50 labels

Date active
1988 – 2025
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Bio

US trombonist
Fred Wesley was born in 1943, the son of a high school teacher and big band leader. Like Alfred Pee Wee Ellis, his first love was jazz, until he joined the Ike and Tina Turner Revue in 1962. A brief period with Hank Ballard and the Midnighters and Army service preceded his first term with James Brown and his original band (1968-70); a brief Los Angeles period led to a second stint (1971-75) with the Godfather of Soul eventually leading The J.B.'s, after its original line-up including Bootsy Collins left in 1971; the versatile trombonist then went on to featured roles with George Clinton as both a member of Funkadelic and leader of Horny Horns); he joined the Count Basie Orchestra as Al Grey's replacement in the late 1980s.

Member of

Parliament 24 Bootsy's Rubber Band 14 Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns JB Horns Fred Wesley & The JB's Maceo & The Macks The J.B.'s P-Funk All Stars Fred & The New J.B.'s The Last Word The First Family The James Brown Soul Train J-Funk Express Maceo Parker and The Roots Revisited Abraham Inc. Fred Wesley Quartet The Allan Barnes Band James Brown and His Orchestra Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal Generations (5) Fred Wesley Funk Band

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