Fred Wesley & The New J.B.’s – Let It Flow (2010)
Artist: Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s
Album: Let It Flow: Fred Wesley's Tribute to James Brown
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Label: Major Hana Records
Genre: Funk / Jazz / Trombone
Format: mp3, Quality: 192 kbps
Tracks: 10
Time: 40:00 min
Size: 55.3 MB
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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, Jr. remained with the piano until middle school, first adopting the trumpet before moving to the trombone. He made his professional debut at age 12 in a big band led by his school's music teacher, E.B. Coleman, and soon was sitting in with local R&B acts as well. While studying music at Alabama State University, Wesley briefly tenured with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue as well as Hank Ballard & the Midnighters before serving in the U.S. Army, playing with the 55th Army Band and graduating from the Armed Forces School of Music. After returning from military duty in 1967, Wesley formed his own project, the Mastersound, fusing R&B with hard bop. The group splintered within a year, however, and when he received a phone call from J.B.'s trumpeter Waymon Reed, who told him Brown was seeking a new trombonist, Wesley accepted the offer.
1. Funk For Your Ass (5:05)
2. Out Of Sight (2:24)
3. I Got The Feelin’ (4:53)
4. Hippity Hobbit (4:17)
5. Crazy (3:20)
6. Livin In America (4:52)
7. I'm Gonna Getcha (4:31)
8. Sex Machine (3:54)
9. Psyco Path (3:49)
10. Let It Flow (2:55)
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