Fred Wesley
Toolstrombone
DOBJuly 4, 1943 -- Columbus
The LPA Blow for Me
VIBES funk Stevie WonderCurtis MayfieldIsaac HayesPrinceMichael JacksonD'AngeloJanet JacksonSam & DavePatti LaBelleBobby WomackRick JamesJames BrownParliamentFunkadelicGeorge ClintonBootsy CollinsSly & The Family StoneEarth Wind & FireKool & The GangThe Isley BrothersWarRufus & Chaka KhanChaka KhanHerbie HancockRoy AyersGil Scott-HeronQuincy JonesThe MetersZapp & Roger TroutmanOhio PlayersTower of PowerLarry GrahamMaurice WhiteThe Neville BrothersCameoThe Gap BandThe CommodoresDr. JohnSlaveLakesideMaze featuring Frankie BeverlyDazz BandMidnight StarThe SOS BandThe TimeDonald ByrdBilly PrestonAverage White BandThe Brothers JohnsonCon Funk ShunHeatwaveRose RoyceLonnie Liston SmithMandrillGraham Central StationThe Last PoetsPatrice RushenCymandePleasureMillie JacksonRufusZappMorris DayRaphael SaadiqMint ConditionTeena MarieJackie MooreTimmy ThomasEvelyn Champagne KingShalamarJimmy Jam & Terry LewisPointer SistersGeorge BensonIncognitoBrand New HeaviesJamiroquaiMaceo ParkerFred WesleyJohnny "Guitar" WatsonThe J.B.'sSouliveLettuceDumpstaphunkThe New MastersoundsBreakestraThe Dap-KingsSharon JonesCharles BradleyLee FieldsBetty DavisSylvesterBudos BandLyn CollinsVickie AndersonRAMPEddie BoProfessor Longhair soul Stevie WonderThe TemptationsThe SupremesSmokey RobinsonThe Four TopsEtta JamesRay CharlesSam CookeJackie WilsonAretha FranklinOtis ReddingMarvin GayeAl GreenCurtis MayfieldWilson PickettNina SimoneBill WithersIsaac HayesBooker T. & the M.G.'sThe Staple SingersMichael JacksonWhitney HoustonErykah BaduLauryn HillMary J. BligeLuther VandrossBeyonceSadeTina TurnerSolomon BurkeBen E. KingSam & DaveLittle RichardDinah WashingtonPatti LaBelleThe DelfonicsDonny HathawayRoberta FlackLionel RichieDiana RossMartha ReevesThe Jackson 5Alicia KeysUsherAnita BakerMaxwellJill ScottDestiny's ChildGladys KnightMavis StaplesTeddy PendergrassBobby WomackLou RawlsPercy SledgeJames CarrLaVern BakerR. KellyJames BrownFunkadelicGeorge ClintonBootsy CollinsSly & The Family StoneEarth Wind & FireKool & The GangThe Isley BrothersRufus & Chaka KhanChaka KhanBarry WhiteThe O'JaysGladys Knight & The PipsHerbie HancockRoy AyersQuincy JonesZapp & Roger TroutmanOhio PlayersTower of PowerLarry GrahamMaurice WhiteThe Neville BrothersThe Gap BandThe CommodoresSlaveLakesideHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe StylisticsThe SpinnersThe WhispersThe Chi-LitesThe DramaticsBlue MagicThe ManhattansThe Main IngredientMaze featuring Frankie BeverlyThe DellsMidnight StarThe SOS BandDonald ByrdBilly PrestonAverage White BandThe Brothers JohnsonCon Funk ShunHeatwaveRose RoyceMandrillGraham Central StationPatrice RushenCymandePleasureHarold MelvinEddie LevertEddie KendricksDavid RuffinDennis EdwardsWilliam HartRussell Thompkins Jr.Jessi ColterCandi StatonAnn PeeblesO.V. WrightLittle MiltonTyrone DavisClarence CarterBetty WrightMillie JacksonDoris DukeBobbie GentryMelba MooreDeniece WilliamsAngela BofillStephanie MillsRandy CrawfordRegina BellePeabo BrysonFreddie JacksonAlexander O'NealCherrelleRufusZappAngie StoneMint ConditionTony! Toni! Toné!JodeciBoyz II MenNew EditionEn VogueSWVXscapeSade AduToni BraxtonBabyfaceEugene RecordJohnnie TaylorWilliam BellEdwin StarrTammi TerrellMary WellsJunior WalkerLittle Willie JohnJoe TexArthur ConleyBettye SwannSpencer WigginsGloria JonesMaxine BrownTommy HuntDobie GrayJohnny MooreLloyd PriceBig MaybelleTeena MarieJackie MooreBrenda HollowayKim WestonBetty EverettTimmy ThomasBilly PaulJean CarnPhyllis HymanEvelyn Champagne KingShalamarMarilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.Ashford & SimpsonNickolas AshfordValerie SimpsonGamble & HuffJohn OatesDaryl HallHall & OatesPointer SistersSister SledgeThe EmotionsThe Three DegreesFloetryMusiq SoulchildGinuwineAaliyahBrandyMonicaFaith EvansIndia ArieGoapeleLedisiLalah HathawayDianne ReevesGeorge BensonAl JarreauIncognitoBrand New HeaviesJamiroquaiMaceo ParkerFred WesleyCannonball AdderleySouliveLettuceDumpstaphunkThe New MastersoundsBreakestraThe Dap-KingsSharon JonesCharles BradleyLee FieldsBetty DavisSylvesterEugene McDanielsMarvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellOtis ClayLyn CollinsVickie AndersonRAMPEddie BoJohn LegendAmy WinehouseBeBe Winans jazz Nina SimoneSadeDinah WashingtonNat King ColeAnita BakerRoy AyersGil Scott-HeronQuincy JonesThe Last PoetsLonnie JohnsonJimmy WitherspoonRandy CrawfordSade AduPhyllis HymanDianne ReevesGeorge BensonAl JarreauMaceo ParkerFred WesleyCannonball AdderleyEugene McDaniels
James Brown's trombone general. The man who wrote the horn charts for the hardest working band in show business. Parliament, Count Basie, and everything in between. The trombone as a weapon.
Played With
James BrownParliament-Funkadelic
Essential Listening
1Blow Your Head