Fred Wesley

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Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943 in Mobile, Alabama ) is an American trombonist .

Life

Wesley's father was a conductor of a jazz orchestra and let his son learn the trombone at an early age.

Originally from jazz , Wesley gained his first experience with Count Basie before joining James Brown in the 1960s and becoming an integral part of the brass section. For James Brown as well as for the influential side project The JB's , he was also temporarily active as a musical director. Wesley played a key role in the creation of funk music, and he and his saxophone partner Maceo Parker formed a congenial team.

In the 1970s both came to George Clinton with Pee Wee Ellis , where as Horny Horns they shaped the universe of P-Funk with sophisticated arrangements. Under this name they also released two albums of their own, Say Blow By Blow Backwards and A Blow for Me, a Toot for You .

Backstage in the E-Werk, Cologne 1998

From 2004 to 2006 he taught as a freelance professor of jazz at the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro .

Discography (selection)

  • Fred Wesley and the JB's Doin 'It to Death (1973)
  • The JB's Hustle With Speed (1975)
  • Maceo Parker Roots Revisited
  • Maceo Parker Life on Planet Groove (1992)
  • Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns featuring Maceo Parker A Blow for Me a Toot for You (1977)
  • New Friends (1990; with Maceo Parker, Tim Green )
  • The JB Horns I Like It That (1993)
  • Amalgamation (1994)
  • Wuda Cuda Shuda (2003)
  • With a Little Help from My Friends (with Nils Landgren , 2010)
  • Kings (with The Apples 2010)
  • Fred Wesley / Leonardo Corradi / Tony Match Generations (2015)

literature

  • Wesley, Fred. Hit me, Fred: recollections of a side man. With a foreword by Rickey Vincent. Durham. Duke University Press, 2002. ( ISBN 0-822-32909-3 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fred Wesley - He trumpeted his life story ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at arte.tv, accessed on August 13, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
personal data
SURNAME Wesley, Fred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Mobile , Alabama