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Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) [1] is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, ... Milt Jackson + Count Basie + the Big Band Vol. 1 ...
Trombone – Bill Hughes (2), Dennis Wilson, Fred Wesley, Mel Wanzo Trumpet – Lyn Biviano , Pete Minger , Sonny Cohn , Wayman Reed * Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
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Profile: 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 ...
Fred Wesley was the son of a high-school teacher and a leader in a big band. His first love, like Alfred “Pee Wee”, Ellis, was jazz. He joined the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, in 1962. After a brief stint with Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, and Army service, his first term with James Brown (1968-70) was his first. A second stint (1971-1975 ...
FRED WESLEY is a funk funk jazz music artist. This page includes FRED WESLEY's : biography, official website, pictures, videos from YouTube, related forum topics, shouts, news, tour dates and events, live auctions, online shopping sites, detailled reviews and ratings and the full discography of albums: studios, live, compilations (boxset), EPs on CD, Vinyl / LP or cassette and videos released on Blu-ray, DVD or VHS
Milt Jackson served a significant part of his apprenticeship in Dizzy Gillespie’s and Woody Herman’s big bands in the 1940s. In the 1960s, he. About. Label Group.
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Born July 4, 1943, in Columbus, Georgia, Wesley was raised in Mobile, Alabama. 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.
