Fred Wesley

~ Person

Relationships

additional collaborator on:	Bonerama (from 2004 to present)
eponymous member of:	Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
member of:	Abraham Inc. Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal (trombone) Fred & The New J.B.'s Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s The Fred Wesley Quartet The Horny Horns (trombone) J-Funk Express The JB Horns Maceo & the Macks P-Funk All Stars The P-Funk Mob Parliament (from 1975 to present)

IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921739/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/29807 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.funkyfredwesley.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92023972 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139451233 [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/124803873 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fred_wesley [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92023972 [info]
Myspace:	https://myspace.com/fredwesley [info]
YouTube channels:	https://www.youtube.com/user/FredWesleyTV [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000145269 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4721 [info]
VIAF ID:	10038794 [info]
Wikidata:	Q585984 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/351866 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited As	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	All for One			James Brown	6:38
	Alone Again (Naturally)			Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	3:54
	Blind Man Can See It			James Brown	2:21
	Blow Your Head (undubbed version)			Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s	4:12
	Breakin' Bread			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	5:03
	Breakin’ Bread			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	4:22
	Chase			James Brown	2:41
	Check Your Body			James Brown	4:31
	Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)			Maceo & the Macks	3:16
	Damn Right I Am Somebody			Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s	6:23
	Damn Right, I Am Somebody, Part 1 (7" single mix)			Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s	3:32
	Dead on It			James Brown	13:08
	Deep in It			James Brown	7:31
	Dirty Harri			James Brown	1:31
	Don't Fence Me In			James Brown	3:57
	Down and Out in New York City			James Brown	4:46
	Down and Out in New York City (version with Spoken intro)			James Brown	5:24
	Funky Music Is My Style			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	5:39
	Funky President (People It's Bad)			James Brown	4:28
	Funky President (People It’s Bad)			James Brown	4:00
	Further on Up the Road			James Brown	4:14
	Get Dressed			George Clinton	3:42
	Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Parts 1 & 2			James Brown	11:55
	Get Up Off of Me			James Brown	3:57
	Givin' Up Food for Funk, Part 1			The J.B.’s	3:08
	Givin' Up Food for Funk, Part 1			The J.B.’s	3:08
	Hang Out & Hustle			Sweet Charles	4:07
	I Feel Good			James Brown	3:05
	I Feel Good			James Brown	3:06
	I Wanna Get Down			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	3:47
	I'm Broken Hearted			James Brown	4:28
	Like It Is, Like It Was			James Brown	3:51
	Make It Good to Yourself			James Brown	3:19
	Makin' Love			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	4:04
	Mama Feelgood			Lyn Collins	3:30
	Mama's Dead			James Brown	4:49
	Never Can Say Goodbye			James Brown	3:02
	One Fun at a Time			George Clinton	4:29
	Over the Hump			Curtis Mayfield	5:14
	Pick Up the Pieces (One by One)			A.A.B.B.	3:53
	Problems			James Brown	2:49
	Problems			James Brown	2:53
	Reality			James Brown	4:41
	Rice 'n' Ribs			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	4:19
	Same Beat, Part 1			Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s	3:19
	Same Beat, Part 1			Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s	3:22
	Sportin' Life			James Brown	3:52
	Step Child			Fred Wesley & The New JB's	7:34
	Take Me Just as I Am			Lyn Collins	3:30
	Take Your Time (Do It Right) (LP / 12" version)			The S.O.S. Band	7:43
	Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Part 1) (U.S. single version)			The S.O.S. Band	3:51
	Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Part 2)			The S.O.S. Band	4:14
	Take Your Time (Do It Right) (short version)			The S.O.S. Band	4:10
	The Boss			James Brown	3:13
	Together			Sweet Charles	4:11
	What Is My Woman For?			Curtis Mayfield	7:15
	What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin’			James Brown & Lyn Collins	2:54
	White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine)			James Brown	2:42
	Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)			James Brown	4:05
	You Better Stop			Curtis Mayfield	6:50
	You Can't Love Me If You Don't Respect Me			Lyn Collins	3:13
	You Can’t Love Me If You Don’t Respect Me			Lyn Collins	5:33
	conducted
	Take Some… Leave Some			James Brown	8:34
	instruments
1971-03-08	Medley: Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag / I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Got the Feelin’ (live, 1971-03-09: L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France)		trombone	James Brown	1:29
1972-05-09	Get on the Good Foot		trombone	James Brown	3:36
1975-06-18 – 1975-10-08	Bahia		trombone	Idris Muhammad	4:42
1975-06-18 – 1975-10-08	Hard to Face the Music		trombone	Idris Muhammad	4:51
1975-06-18 – 1975-10-08	Hey Pocky A-Way		trombone	Idris Muhammad	6:10
1975-06-18 – 1975-10-08	House of the Rising Sun		trombone	Idris Muhammad	4:48
1975-06-18 – 1975-10-08	Sudan		trombone	Idris Muhammad	10:57
1975-06-18 – 1975-10-08	Theme for New York City		trombone	Idris Muhammad	3:32
1975-12-04	Theme From Good King Bad		trombone	George Benson	5:59
1975-12-05	Siberian Workout		trombone	George Benson	6:40
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	9:20 Special		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:06
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Back to the Apple		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	4:36
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Basie		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	4:33
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Big Stuff		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:25
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Blue And Sentimental		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	2:38
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Blues for Joe Turner		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	4:41
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Blues for Me		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	6:47
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Corner Pocket		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	5:08
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Corner Pocket		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	5:02
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Easy Does It		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:33
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Every Tub		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	2:33
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Good Time Blues		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:32
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	I'll Always Be in Love With You		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	4:17
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Lady In Lace		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	4:34
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Lena and Lenny		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:59
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Li'l Darlin'		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:06
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Moonlight Becomes You		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	3:43
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	On the Sunny Side of the Street		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	4:00
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	Shiny Stockings		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	5:54
1978-01-16 – 1978-01-18	The Comeback		trombone	Milt Jackson & Count Basie	5:12
1978-02 – 1978-03	Cajun Sunrise		trombone	Hank Crawford	6:03
1978-02 – 1978-03	Daytime Friends		trombone	Hank Crawford	3:35
1978-02 – 1978-03	Evergreen		trombone	Hank Crawford	4:09
1978-02 – 1978-03	I Don't Want No Happy Songs		trombone	Hank Crawford	4:00
1978-02 – 1978-03	Just the Way You Are		trombone	Hank Crawford	4:19
1978-02 – 1978-03	New York's One Soulful City		trombone	Hank Crawford	6:24
1978-02 – 1978-03	Take This Job and Shove It		trombone	Hank Crawford	3:29
1978-02 – 1978-03	What a Difference You've Made in My Life		trombone	Hank Crawford	5:07
1984	(The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down		trombone	David Byrne	2:37
1984	Admiral Perry		trombone	David Byrne	5:32
1984	I Bid You Goodnight		trombone	David Byrne	2:55
1984	I've Tried		trombone	David Byrne	3:27
1984	In the Future		trombone	David Byrne	6:35
1984	In the Upper Room		trombone	David Byrne	3:40
1984	Jungle Book		trombone	David Byrne	3:43
1984	Social Studies		trombone	David Byrne	4:59
1984	The Sound of Business		trombone	David Byrne	6:20
1984	Theadora Is Dozing		trombone	David Byrne	3:04
1984	Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)		trombone	David Byrne	4:07
1984	Winter		trombone	David Byrne	6:26
1990-10 – 1990-11	As We Come (To Be)		trombone	Young Disciples	4:35
1990-10 – 1990-11	Move On		trombone	Young Disciples	3:27
1991-03	Chicken		trombone	Maceo Parker	8:20
1991-03	Fa Fa Fa (The Sad Song)		trombone	Maceo Parker	4:50
1991-03	Hallelujah I Love Her So		trombone	Maceo Parker	3:58
1991-03	Hamp's Boogie Woogie		trombone	Maceo Parker	6:17
1991-03	Jack's Back		trombone	Maceo Parker	5:43
1991-03	Let's Get It On		trombone	Maceo Parker	7:46
1991-03	Sister Sadie		trombone	Maceo Parker	5:28
1991-03	Southwick		trombone	Maceo Parker	9:08
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Addictive Love		trombone	Maceo Parker	8:59
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Children's World		trombone	Maceo Parker	6:22
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Georgia on My Mind		trombone	Maceo Parker	7:23
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Got to Get U		trombone	Maceo Parker	7:09
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	I Got You (I Feel Good)		trombone	Maceo Parker	3:46
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Pass the Peas		trombone	Maceo Parker	11:27
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Shake Everything You've Got		trombone	Maceo Parker	16:39
1992-03-05 – 1992-03-07	Soul Power '92		trombone	Maceo Parker	14:13
1993	Dissinfordollars		trombone	Bernie Worrell	6:28
1993	Flex		trombone	Bernie Worrell	6:05
1993	The Vision		trombone	Bernie Worrell	8:05
1994-03-21	Fried Grease		trombone	The Greyboy Allstars with Fred Wesley	6:17
1994-03-21	Gravee		trombone	The Greyboy Allstars with Fred Wesley	4:03
1994-03-21	Soul Dream		trombone	The Greyboy Allstars with Fred Wesley	5:15
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	C Jam Funk		trombone	Maceo Parker	11:50
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	Chameleon		trombone	Maceo Parker	10:40
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	Cold Sweat		trombone	Maceo Parker	9:08
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	Do Right Woman do Right Man		trombone	Maceo Parker	4:26
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	House Party		trombone	Maceo Parker	7:38
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	Knock on Wood		trombone	Maceo Parker	4:27
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	Make It Funky / Funky Good Time / There Was a Time		trombone	Maceo Parker	15:01
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	New Moon		trombone	Maceo Parker	7:25
1994-04-12 – 1994-04-14	New Song		trombone	Maceo Parker	5:12
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	2 dock ''C''		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	6:07
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Far from home		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	6:53
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	I get along withoug your...		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	5:13
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	I Will Be There		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	2:46
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Soul drive		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	4:56
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Step		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	3:50
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Take me to the river		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	5:25
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	The prophet		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	5:01
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Tune with awiew		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	6:14
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	What you like		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	6:04
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Your love is		trombone	Pee Wee Ellis	5:36
1998-02	Do You Love Me		trombone	Maceo Parker	3:59
1998-02	Elephant’s Foot		trombone	Maceo Parker	4:20
1998-02	Going in Circles		trombone	Maceo Parker	6:53
1998-02	Inner City Blues		trombone	Maceo Parker	4:24
1998-02	Let’s Get It On		trombone	Maceo Parker	3:37
1998-02	Maceo’s Groove		trombone	Maceo Parker	5:24
	See all 234 relationships
	instruments arranged
	Another Point of View		horn	Bootsy’s Rubber Band	7:03
	Bruha Bembe		horn	Dr. John	5:25
	Cannonball		horn	Soulive	5:41
	Creole Moon		horn	Dr. John	8:35
	Dancin’ on the One		brass [horns]	Betty Wright	4:16
	Doin' Something		horn	Soulive	6:46
	Food for Thot		horn	Dr. John	4:57
	Georgianna		horn	Dr. John	3:47
	Give a Smile		brass [horns]	Betty Wright	4:07
	Give a Smile		strings	Betty Wright	4:07
	Holdin’ Pattern		horn	Dr. John	4:45
	Holding Back the Years		horn	Randy Crawford	5:30
	I’d Rather Be With You		horn	Bootsy Collins	4:58
	I’ll Be Around		horn	Randy Crawford	3:52
	Imitation of Love		horn	Dr. John	4:41
	In the Name of You		horn	Dr. John	4:53
	Litenin’		horn	Dr. John	3:29
	Love Vibes		horn	Bootsy’s Rubber Band	4:54
	Monkey & Baboon		horn	Dr. John	7:46
	Moon Over Brixton		woodwind	Bernie Worrell	5:58
	Now That You Got Me		horn	Dr. John	3:32
	One 2 A.M. Too Many		horn	Dr. John	4:24
	Physical Love		horn	Bootsy’s Rubber Band	4:50
	PsychoticBumpSchool		horn	Bootsy’s Rubber Band	5:21
	Purple Rain		horn	Randy Crawford	5:52
	Queen of Cold		horn	Dr. John	3:43
	Silly Millameter		horn	George Clinton	4:58
	Stretchin’ Out (in a Rubber Band)		horn	Bootsy’s Rubber Band	6:53
	Take What I Can Get		horn	Dr. John	3:50
	The Glow of Love		horn	Randy Crawford	7:37
	Vanish in Our Sleep		horn	Bootsy’s Rubber Band	5:49
	What a Difference a Day Makes		horn	Randy Crawford	5:54
	Witness for the Defense		woodwind	Bernie Worrell	5:18
	You Swore		horn	Dr. John	4:25
	performed
1972	Gimme Some More (very live)			The J.B.’s	3:59
1998	Call Me Up in Dreamland (live, 1998: Bierhübeli, Bern, Switzerland)		guest	Van Morrison	4:15
1998	Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) (live, 1998: Bierhübeli, Bern, Switzerland)		guest	Van Morrison	3:40
	(These Are the) Good Old Days			Socalled	5:17
	Elephants		guest	Karl Denson feat. Fred Wesley & Roy Hargrove	9:10
	Give Me a Kiss (live, 1998: Bierhübeli, Bern, Switzerland)		guest	Van Morrison	3:09
	I Am I Be		guest	De La Soul	5:03
	If You've Got It, You'll Get It			Jestofunk	6:16
	Patti Dooke		guest	De La Soul	5:54
	Raincheck (live, 1998-12-19: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany)		guest	Van Morrison	5:18
	The Ghetto (part of “Kontor Sunset Chill, 7” DJ-mix)			Jestofunk feat. CeCe Rogers & Fred Wesley	6:37
	The Ghetto		guest	Jestofunk featuring CeCe Rogers and Fred Wesley	7:07
	These Dreams of You (live, 1998-12-19: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany)		guest	Van Morrison	3:39
	produced
	(It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.'s Monaurail, Parts 1 & 2			Fred & The New J.B.’s	8:16
	(It's Not the Express) It's the JB's Monaurail, Part 1			Fred & The New J.B.'s	4:04
	Gone for the Weekend			Trussel	6:05
	Love Injection (album / 12″ version)			Trussel	7:52
	Pick Up the Pieces (One by One)			A.A.B.B.	3:53
	vocals
	My Thang		background vocals	James Brown	4:20
	Recyclé		guest and lead vocals	Hocus Pocus feat. Fred Wesley & Stro the 89th Key	3:29
	Throwback		lead vocals	Susanne Alt	4:46
	Throwback		background vocals	Susanne Alt	4:46
	instruments
1978-02 – 1978-03	Cajun Sunrise		trombone	Hank Crawford
	Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome		trombone	Parliament
	Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome		trombone	Parliament
	Funky Miracle: Live at the Moonwalker, Volume 2		guest and trombone	The Meters
	heiß & fettig		trumpet	Jazzkantine
	Mothership Connection		trombone	Parliament
	Mothership Connection		trombone	Parliament
	Shoogie Wanna Boogie		trombone and valve trombone	David Matthews with Whirlwind
	The Woman in My Life		trombone	Stevie Woods
	The Woman in My Life		trombone	Stevie Woods
	Turn You to Love		trombone	Terry Callier
	Turn You to Love		trombone	Terry Callier
	instruments arranged
	Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome		wind instruments	Parliament
	Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome		wind instruments	Parliament
	Mothership Connection		wind instruments	Parliament
	Mothership Connection		wind instruments	Parliament
	composed
	Blow Your Head
	Get on the Good Foot
	Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
	House Party
	Rice 'n' Ribs
	Step Child
	The Payback
	lyrics
	Get on the Good Foot
	Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
	The Payback
	wrote
	911 (ghetto love remix)
	All for One
	Blind Man Can See It
	Blues & Pants
	Breakin' Bread
	Chase
	Check Your Body
	Cheka
	Damn Right I Am Somebody
	Dead on It
	Doing the Best I Can
	Everything		additional
	Forever Suffering
	Funky Music Is My Style
	Get Up Off of Me
	Givin' Up Food for Funk
	Hot Pants… I’m Coming. Coming. I’m Coming
	House Party
	I Wanna Get Down
	I'm Paying Taxes, What Am I Buying
	J.B. Shout
	Keep On Bumpin' Before You Give Out of Gas
	Little Boy Black
	Make It Good to Yourself
	Makin' Love
	Mama's Dead
	Mind Power
	Mind Power
	Never Get Enough
	Papa Don’t Take No Mess
	Payback Is a Grandmother
	People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul
	Pick Up the Pieces One by One
	Reality
	Run Around
	Sportin' Life
	Take Some… Leave Some
	That’s the Way Love Goes
	The Boss
	The Overpass	Fred Wesley Jr
	They Want EFX
	Time Is Running Out Fast
	White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine)
	World of Soul
	Yah Yah
	You Don’t Have to Worry

Fred Wesley

Relationships

Appearances

Artist information

Rating

Genres

Other tags

External links

Editing

Subscriptions