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Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes funk architect and legendary bandleader Fred Wesley, with his band the New JB Horns on tour in support of their 2023 release From the Blues and Back for four nights and six shows. Band members are Fred Wesley (trombone, vocals), Coleman Woodson III (keys), Jay Rodriguez (sax/flute), Gary Winters (trumpet), Reggie Ward (guitar), Dwayne Dolphin (bass) and Bruce Cox (drums). Show times Thursday – Sunday at 7:30pm. Show times Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm Thursday and 5:30pm Friday – Sunday.This show is supported by 91.3 KBCS and KNKX.
ARTIST INFO
Legendary bandleader, trombonist and author Fred Wesley is one of the forefathers of funk, still setting the standard with his jazz-funk band The New JBs. Together at its core for more than 30 years, the band 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.
Born in Columbus, Georgia, and raised in Mobile, Ala., Fred began his career as a teenage trombonist with Ike and Tina Turner. He later was music director, arranger, trombonist and a primary composer for Brown from 1968-1975, then arranged for and played with Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy’s Rubber Band.
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, From the Blues and Back. He is featured in the Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings and countless other documentaries and books about funk, and gives master classes around the world.
Fred’s critically acclaimed memoir Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Side Man (Duke University Press, 2002) chronicles in hilarious stories a half century of music history through the eyes of one of the world’s most-sampled musicians.
Also a veteran of the Count Basie Orchestra, Fred has worked with scores of other artists, from Ray Charles to Trombone Shorty. His current other projects include the organ trio Generations and the klezmer-funk-hip hop unit Abraham Incorporated.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2033 6th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98121
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