Fred Wesley

trombone, horn, instrument arranger, arranger, performer, woodwind, vocal, conductor, tambourine

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
Maceo Parker
Şerif Muhittin Targan
Dr. John (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
David Byrne

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
James Brown arranger, conductor, vocal, tambourine, trombone Ain't It Funky Now, Bewildered, Blind Man Can See It, Blues & Pants, Brother Rapp, Can't Stand It, Chase, Coldblooded, Dirty Harri, Down and Out in New York City, Down and Out in New York City (version with Spoken intro), Escape-ism (complete take), Escape-ism, Part 1, Escape-ism, Part 2, Funky Drummer, Funky President (People It's Bad), Georgia on My Mind, Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (reprise), Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (finale), Give It Up or Turnit a Loose, Hell, Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants), I Can't Stand It "76", I Feel Good, Intro, It's a Man's Man's Man's World, It's a New Day, Like It Is, Like It Was, Make It Good to Yourself, Mama's Dead, Medley: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag / I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Got the Feelin', My Thang, Never Can Say Goodbye, Papa Don't Take No Mess, Please Please Please, Problems, Soul Power, Soul Power (re-edit) (mono), Sportin' Life, Super Bad, Take Some... Leave Some, The Boss, Try Me, White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine)
Maceo Parker trombone Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul, Children's World, Do You Love Me, Elephant's Foot, Every Saturday Night, Going in Circles, In Time, Inner City Blues, Jumpin' the Blues, Let's Get It On, Maceo's Groove, Over the Rainbow, People Get Ready, Sing a Simple Song, Tell Me Something Good, The Way You Look Tonight, Them That Got, Up and Down East Street, Uptown Up, We're on the Move, Youth of the World
Şerif Muhittin Targan trombone 9:20 Special, Back To The Apple, Basie, Big Stuff, Blue And Sentimental, Blues For Me, Blues for Joe Turner, Corner Pocket, Easy Does It, Every Tub, Good Time Blues, I'll Always Be In Love With You, Lady In Lace, Lena and Lenny, Li'l Darlin', Moonlight Becomes You, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Shiny Stockings, The Comeback
Dr. John instrument arranger, horn, trombone Bruha Bembe, Creole Moon, Food for Thot, Georgianna, Holdin' Pattern, Imitation of Love, In the Name of You, Litenin', Monkey & Baboon, Now That You Got Me, One 2 A.M. Too Many, Queen of Cold, Take What I Can Get, You Swore
David Byrne trombone (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down, Admiral Perry, I Bid You Goodnight, I've Tried, In the Future, In the Upper Room, Jungle Book, Social Studies, The Sound of Business, Theadora Is Dozing, Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion), Winter
Pee Wee Ellis trombone 2 dock ''C'', Far from home, I get along withoug your..., I will be there, Soul drive, Step, Take me to the river, The prophet, Tune with awiew, What you like, Your love is
Salamander Koor horn, trombone Fuddy Duddy Judge, Heart Be Still, I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer, I Won't Give Up, Smile On, Try Me on… I’m Very You, Two Clouds Above Nine
Bootsy Collins trombone F-Encounter, Fat Cat, Is That My Song?, It's A Musical, Sacred Flower, Sound Crack
Red Hot Chili Peppers trombone American Ghost Dance, Hollywood, If You Want Me to Stay, Nevermind, The Brothers Cup, Yertle the Turtle
Bernie Worrell instrument arranger, trombone, woodwind Dissinfordollars, Flex, Moon Over Brixton, The Vision, Witness for the Defense
Randy Crawford instrument arranger, horn, trombone Holding Back the Years, I’ll Be Around, Purple Rain, The Glow of Love, What a Difference a Day Makes
George Benson trombone Hold on, I'm Comin', One Rock Don't Make No Boulder, Siberian Workout, Theme From Good King Bad
Hans Theessink trombone Late Last Night, Lonely Days & Lonely Nights, Maybellene, Soul of Song
George Clinton arranger, instrument arranger Get Dressed, One Fun at a Time, Silly Millameter
Lyn Collins arranger Mama Feelgood, You Can't Love Me If You Don't Respect Me, You Can’t Love Me If You Don’t Respect Me
Jestofunk performer If You've Got It, You'll Get It, The Ghetto
The S.O.S. Band arranger Take Your Time (Do It Right), Take Your Time (Do It Right) (short version)
The V.I.P. Club trombone Time Out, Urban Life
Marcus Miller trombone Burning Down the House, Red Baron
Bonerama trombone Blackout in New York City, Less is Moore
Sweet Charles arranger Hang Out & Hustle, Together
De La Soul performer I Am I Be, Patti Dooke
10,000 Maniacs trombone Candy Everybody Wants, Few and Far Between
Soulive instrument arranger Cannonball, Doin' Something
Socalled performer (These Are the) Good Old Days
Gerald Albright trombone What Would James Do
Funkadelic trombone Baby Like Fonkin' It Up
Brian Culbertson trombone Funkin' Like My Father
Wow performer Elephants
Bobby Byrd trombone Never Get Enough
Михаил Гуз arranger What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'
海沼實 performer The Ghetto