James Brown – Say It Loud, I'm Black & I'm Proud – Polydor
James Brown – Doing It To Death – People
James Brown – Papa Don’t Take No Mess, Pt 1 – Polydor
Fred Wesley & The JBs - Damn Right I Am.. – People
Fred Wesley & The JBs - Breakin' Bread – Polydor
James Brown – Down And Out In New York City – Polydor
Parliament – P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked..) – Casablanca
F.Wesley/Horny Horns/Maceo Parker – A Blow.. - Atlantic
Bootsy Collins – Stretchin' Out – Warner Bros
Fred Wesley & The JBs - If You Don’t Get.. - People
Fireside Chat
Fred Wesley
The New JBs, USA
One of the music world's most-sampled artists thanks to his work with the Godfather of Soul James Brown, Fred Wesley is undoubtedly one of the key architects of funk music. Born in Mobile, Ala., he began his professional career as a teenage trombonist with Ike and Tina Turner. He was music director, arranger, trombonist and a primary composer for James Brown from 1968-1975, then arranged and played for Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He has played with and arranged for a wide variety of other artists including Ray Charles, Pancho Sanchez, New York Voices, Slide Hampton, Van Morrison, the SOS Band and Cameo, to name a few. Scores of other artists including Janet Jackson (‘That's the Way Love Goes’) and Nas (‘Nastradamus’) have sampled his sounds. Since his stint with the Count Basie Orchestra, he has maintained a focus on jazz – playing (with the Fred Wesley Group), recording, writing and promoting it. We caught up with Fred for a good chat with the man taking us through key moments in his career.
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