Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s
Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s
Top Songs
| 1 | Doing It To Death [Single Version] | ||
| 2 | Damn Right I Am Somebody | ||
| 3 | Same Beat | ||
| 4 | If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party | ||
| 5 | More Peas |
Albums
Jan 1974 • 8 songs
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Biography
As the longtime musical director for soul legend James Brown's renowned backing unit the J.B.'s, trombonist Fred Wesley was the world's most famous sideman, orchestrating the sinuous grooves and contributing the bold, surgically precise solos that defined the language of funk. Born July 4, 1943, in Columbus, GA, Wesley was raised in Mobile, AL. At age three, he studied classical piano under his grandmother, a music teacher, but much preferred the big-band music played by his father, Fred Wesley, Sr., who also chaired the music department at Mobile Central High School. Wesley, ...