Fred Wesley & The New JB's Fred Wesley & The New JB's
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Oct 3, 2024 6:30pm - 10:15pm
Location
Middle C Jazz
300 S Brevard St
Details
Legendary bandleader, trombonist and author Fred Wesley is one of the forefathers of funk, still setting the standard. Together at its core for more than 30 years, the JBs is a living celebration of roots funk and more, performing such hits as “Pass the Peas” made with James Brown and the JBs including Maceo Parker, as well as selections from the P-Funk years and Fred’s own and others’ soulful jazz, funk and blues compositions.
With Brown, Fred became “the world’s most famous sideman, orchestrating the sinuous grooves and contributing the bold, surgically precise solos that defined the language of funk.” He helped take funk to the next level with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins.
Fred has recorded a dozen solo albums including the cult favorite “House Party,” and his latest 2023 release, “From The Blues and Back.”