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Related contributor, genuinely credited on trance releases below, but not treated as a core artist of the scene themselves.

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Member of Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns, Parliament, JB Horns, Fred Wesley & The JB's, Maceo & The Macks, The J.B.'s, Bootsy's Rubber Band, P-Funk All Stars, Fred & The New J.B.'s, The Last Word, The First Family, The James Brown Soul Train, J-Funk Express, Maceo Parker and The Roots Revisited, Abraham Inc., Fred Wesley Quartet, The Allan Barnes Band, James Brown and His Orchestra, Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal, Generations, Fred Wesley Funk Band

US trombonist Fred Wesley was born in 1943, the son of a high school teacher and big band leader. Like Alfred , 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 band (1968-70); a brief Los Angeles period led to a second stint (1971-75)… Read more

with the Godfather of Soul eventually leading The J.B.'s, after its original line-up including Bootsy Collins left in 1971; the versatile trombonist then went on to featured roles with George Clinton as both a member of Funkadelic and leader of Horny Horns); he joined the Count Basie Orchestra as Al Grey's replacement in the late 1980s.

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