Fred Wesley & The New JB‘ S occurred in concert in New Morning on April 13th, 2018 in Paris.
Fred Wesley, born on July 4th, 1943 with Mobile, in Alabama. He is the son of a professor of university and the leader of a big band.
Made Fred Wesley of the studies of classical music before turning to the trombone and the Jazz and prepares with a career of trombonist of big band. In 1978, it enters Count Basie Orchestrated.
Fred Wesley is a trombonist and American arranger of jazz and funk. He in particular made known himself as a musical director of James Brown.
Fred Wesley was “the world‘ S funkiest trombone player” of this combo of legend with the sax viola Maceo Parker and the sax tenor Pee Wee Ellis.
Fred Wesley also has accompanied, produced, directed, of the hundreds of artists for 50 years, of which Oumou Sangaré, Albert King, Count Basie, Natalie Cole, Bobby Womack, George Benson…
It is the most famous trombonist of the planet jazz funk.
The group excels in a Jazz–Funk blazing with impossible to circumvent “the Steps The Peas” and “House Party.
FRED WESLEY collaborated with James Brown, Maceo Parker, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins… The trombonist makes howl his trombone in trio with the organist Leonardo Corradi and the beater Tony Match. He invents one phrased with the recognizable trombone between all, inspired by the jazz, with the accents of drunk person music and gospel…
African–American popular music.
Fred Wesley & The New JB‘ S offered a splendid jazz concert in an intimist room, the public could dance and sing to the sound of the Drunk person American Music.
Fred Wesley in the Trombone and Voice, Bruce Cox with the Battery, Dwayne Dolphin with Low, Gary Winters with the Trumpet, Reggie Ward with the Guitar, Barney Mcall with the Keyboards and Piano, Phillip Whack with the Saxophone.
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